Carlota Gooden
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Born | (1936-06-07) 7 June 1936 (age 88) Panama City, Panama |
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Sport | Sprinting |
Event | 100 metres |
Carlota Gooden (born 7 June 1936) is a Panamanian sprinter. She was the first woman to represent Panama at the Olympics.[1]
She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics. She finished second in the 1959 Pan American Games 4 × 100 metres Relay (with Jean Holmes-Mitchell, Marcela Daniel, and Silvia Hunte), third in the 1959 Pan American Games 60 metres and third in the 1959 Pan American Games 100 metres.[2] She was descended from Barbadian canal workers. In 1955, she earned an athletic scholarship to Tuskegee University, one of the premier African American women's track programs.[3]
References
- ^ "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carlota Gooden Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ "Carlota Gooden's Athletic Citizenship". 14 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
External links
- Carlota Gooden at World Athletics
- Carlota Gooden at Olympics.com
- Carlota Gooden at Olympedia
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- 1938: Nola Thorne (PAN)
- 1946: Cynthia Thompson (JAM)
- 1950: Hyacinth Walters (JAM)
- 1954: Carlota Gooden (PAN)
- 1959: Jean Holmes (PAN)
- 1962–70: Miguelina Cobián (CUB)
- 1974: Carmen Valdés (CUB)
- 1978: Silvia Chivás (CUB)
- 1982: Luisa Ferrer (CUB)
- 1986: Pauline Davis (BAH)
- 1990–93: Liliana Allen (CUB)
- 1998: Chandra Sturrup (BAH)
- 2002: Liliana Allen (MEX)
- 2006–10: Tahesia Harrigan (IVB)
- 2014: Andrea Purica (VEN)
- 2018: Jonielle Smith (JAM)
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