Lacena Golding-Clarke (born 20 March 1975) is a Jamaican retired female hurdler athlete. She represented Jamaica at the Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000 and 2004, and took part in the World Championships in Athletics on five occasions.
Career
She began her career as a long jumper and she participated in this event at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. Her personal best jump is 6.87 metres, achieved in June 1998 in Kingston.
She won a gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Her personal best time is 12.68 seconds, achieved in June 2005 in Kingston. Other high points of her hurdles career included a bronze at the 2003 Pan American Games and a bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
She retired from track and field in 2010 after having reached her sixth consecutive 60 m final at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.Reid, Paul A (2010-03-31). Veteran hurdler hangs up spikes . Jamaica Observer. Retrieved on 2010-04-02.
After graduating from Auburn University with a BA in Political Science and Government in 1999,https://www.linkedin.com/in/golding-clarke-lacena-a1580187?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F Golding-Clarke was a volunteer assistant coach at Auburn from March 1999 to August 2006 and then moved to the University of Texas at Austin to work as a coach from September 2006 to 2011. In May 2012, Golding-Clarke became the assistant coach at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).https://www.linkedin.com/in/golding-clarke-lacena-a1580187?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F While at UTEP, Golding-Clarke coached 13 All-Americans, 32 regional qualifiers, 32 C-USA individual title winners, and eight school record-breakers, including Tobi Amusan, the first Nigerian athlete to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships. Amusan finished the 100-meter hurdles in 12.12 seconds, breaking the previous world record of 12.20 seconds set by US Olympian Kendra Harrison in 2016. In January 2022, Golding-Clarke returned to Auburn University as Assistant Coach for the Women’s Sprints and Hurdles.
Achievements Representing 1989CARIFTA Games (U-17)Bridgetown, Barbados3rdHigh jump1.58 m1990Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)Havana, Cuba3rd100 m hurdles15.07 (-0.3 m/s)7thHigh jump1.55 m3rdLong jump5.44 m (0.1 m/s)5thDiscus throw30.20 m1991CARIFTA Games (U-17)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago1stHigh jump1.62 m2ndLong jump5.92 m1stDiscus throw31.44 m1992CARIFTA Games (U-20)Nassau, Bahamas2ndHigh jump1.66 m2ndLong jump6.15 mWorld Junior ChampionshipsSeoul, South Korea 6thLong jump6.09 m (0.3 m/s)1993CARIFTA Games (U-20)Fort-de-France, Martinique3rdHigh jump1.64 m1stLong jump6.07 m2ndTriple jump12.27 m4thJavelin throw36.86 m1994World Junior ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal6thLong jump6.27 m (1.7 m/s)1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden9th (q)Long jump6.45 m (1.2 m/s)1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece12th (q)Long jump6.50 m (-0.1 m/s)1998Central American and Caribbean GamesMaracaibo, Venezuela 3rdLong jump6.491999Central American and Caribbean Championships Bridgetown, Barbados 1stLong jump6.522000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia11th (q)Long jump6.39 m (0.7 m/s)2001World Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal 8th60 m hurdles8.242002Commonwealth GamesManchester, England 1st100 m hurdles12.77 (0.6 m/s)2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, England4th60 m hurdles7.92Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, DR 3rd100 m hurdles12.79 (-0.3 m/s) 3rd4 × 100 m relay43.71World ChampionshipsParis, France8th100 m hurdles12.87 (-0.2 m/s) World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco7th100 m hurdles13.10 (1.3 m/s) 2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 6th60 m hurdles7.89Olympic GamesAthens, Greece 5th100 m hurdles12.73 (1.5 m/s) World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco 3rd100 m hurdles12.69 (1.0 m/s) 2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia 6th60 m hurdles7.94Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia4th100 m hurdles13.01 (-0.3 m/s)2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan6th (sf)100 m hurdles12.85 (0.5 m/s)2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany4th (sf)100 m hurdles12.76 (0.3 m/s)
External links
Picture of Lacena Golding-Clarke - Berlin 2009
References