Elva Goulbourne
Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics | ||
Representing Jamaica | ||
Pan American Games | ||
Bronze | 1999 Winnipeg | Long jump |
Commonwealth Games | ||
Gold | 2002 Manchester | Long jump |
Silver | 2002 Manchester | 4×100 m relay |
Elva Elizabeth Goulbourne (born 21 January 1980 in Saint Ann, Jamaica)[1] is a Jamaican former track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. Her personal best result is 7.16 m (23 ft 53⁄4 in), achieved in 2004.
She represented Jamaica in four consecutive World Championships in Athletics, from 2001 to 2007. Her sole Olympic outing at the 2000 Sydney Games was also her best global performance, placing ninth.
She was the silver medallist in the long jump at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. At the same competition she won silver with the Jamaican women's 4×100 metres relay team. She was the bronze medallist at the 1999 Pan American Games and a two-time champion of the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics (2001 and 2003).
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Jamaica | |||||
1997 | Pan American Junior Championships | Havana, Cuba | 1st | Long jump | 6.10 m |
1998 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 2nd | 100 m | 11.62 |
2nd | 200 m | 23.32 (w) | |||
3rd | Long jump | 6.08 m | |||
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20) | Georgetown, Cayman Islands | 6th | 100 m | 12.21 | |
1st | 4x100 m relay | 45.24 | |||
2nd | Long jump | 5.95 m | |||
World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 19th (q) | Long jump | 6.06 m | |
1999 | Pan American Junior Championships | Tampa, United States | 2nd | Long jump | 6.31 m |
Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 3rd | Long jump | 6.41 m | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 9th | Long jump | 6.43 m |
2001 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | Long jump | 6.77 m |
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 5th (h) | 4x100 m relay | 43.09 | |
10th | Long jump | 6.62 m | |||
2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 2nd | 4x100 m relay | 42.73 |
1st | Long jump | 6.70 m | |||
2003 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | St. George's, Grenada | 1st | Long jump | 6.96 m (w) |
World Championships | Paris, France | 3rd (h) | 4x100 m relay | 43.05 | |
20th (q) | Long jump | 6.27 m | |||
2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 17th (q) | Long jump | 6.43 m |
2005 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 2nd | Long jump | 6.78 m (w) |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 12th | Long jump | 6.21 m | |
2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 9th | Long jump | 6.34 m |
2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th (h) | 4x100 m relay | 44.12 |
4th | Long jump | 6.48 m | |||
World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 26th (q) | Long jump | 6.32 m |
References
- ↑ Elva Goulbourne. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-08-03.
External links
- Elva Goulbourne profile at IAAF
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she is dead