Jamaican middle-distance runner
Natoya Goule-Toppin (born 30 March 1991)[2] is a Jamaican middle-distance runner . In the 800 metres she is the 2019 Pan American Games champion, 2018 NACAC Championship silver medallist, and 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist. Goule is the current Jamaican record holder at the event both out- and indoors, and also for the indoor 1000 metres .
She has represented Jamaica on numerous occasions, including both the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics .
Running career
Youth
Goule established herself in athletics already by the age of 12, when she ran at the ISSA Athletic Championships in Jamaica.[3] Representing Manchester High School , she holds records in the Girls' Class 1 1500m as well as the Class 3 800m, and she has accumulated 15 individual gold medals at the Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Championships , and 12 individual at the CARIFTA Games .[4] [3]
International
Goule first attended South Plains College and ran for their track team. At around the same time South Plains was already recruiting other Jamaican runners, such as Kemoy Campbell . Eventually, however, she would go on to study and run at Louisiana State University . After a few seasons at LSU she transferred to Clemson .
In 2014, racing in the heats, she was a member of Jamaica's women's 4x400 relay team which won the silver medal at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships .[5] [6]
Goule has won races at numerous meetings; for example, in 2022, she won two 800 metres indoor events (NY New Balance Indoor Grand Prix , and World Indoor Tour 's Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais where she improved her Jamaican indoor record to 1:58.46), and a 1000-metres indoor event (Clemson Invitational, Clemson, SC ).[2]
She placed fourth at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade with a time of 2:01.18 .[7]
Achievements
International competitions
Representing Jamaica
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
2005
CARIFTA Games (U17)
Bacolet , Trinidad and Tobago
1st
800 m
2:14.16
1st
1500 m
4:39.05
2006
CARIFTA Games (U17)
Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
1st
800 m
2:09.59
1st
1500 m
4:32.70
1st
4 × 400 m
3:43.65
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
1st
800 m
2:09.15
1st
1200 m
3:33.74
1st
4 × 400 m
3:45.31
2007
CARIFTA Games (U17)
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
1st
800 m
2:11.68
1st
1500 m
4:36.26
World Youth Championships
Ostrava, Czech Republic
8th (sf)
800 m
2:08.37
2008
CARIFTA Games (U20)
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
1st
800 m
2:05.90
1st
1500 m
4:33.69
World Junior Championships
Bydgoszcz, Poland
22nd (h)
800 m
2:09.55
9th (h)
4 × 400 m
3:38.00
2009
CARIFTA Games (U20)
Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia
1st
800 m
2:09:27
1st
1500 m
4:27.48
1st
4 × 400 m
3:36.21
2010
CARIFTA Games (U20)
George Town, Cayman Islands
1st
800 m
2:06.03
1st
1500 m
4:36.34
1st
4 × 400 m
3:37.15
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)
Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.
1st
800 m
2:07.20
World Junior Championships
Moncton, Canada
10th (sf)
800 m
2:05.07
3rd
4 × 400 m
3:32.24
2011
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
3rd
800 m
2:02.83
1st
4 × 400 m
3:29.86
2013
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Morelia, Mexico
1st
800 m
2:02.02
–
4 × 400 m
DQ
World Championships
Moscow, Russia
18th (h)
800 m
2:00.93
2014
World Indoor Championships
Sopot, Poland
6th
800 m
2:01.89
2nd
4 × 400 m
3:29.43 [n 1]
IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
5th
4 × 800 m
8:17.22
Commonwealth Games
Glasgow, United Kingdom
12th (sf)
800 m
2:04.23
2015
World Championships
Beijing, China
33rd (h)
800 m
2:02.37
2016
World Indoor Championships
Portland, United States
17th (h)
800 m
2:08.23
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25th (h)
800 m
2:00.49
2017
World Championships
London, United Kingdom
22nd (h)
800 m
2:01.77
2018
World Indoor Championship
Birmingham, United Kingdom
8th (h)
800 m
2:02.49
Commonwealth Games
Gold Coast, Australia
3rd
800 m
1:58.82
NACAC Championships
Toronto, Canada
2nd
800 m
1:57.95
2019
Pan American Games
Lima, Peru
1st
800 m
2:01.26
3rd
4 × 400 m
3:27.61
World Championships
Doha, Qatar
6th
800 m
2:00.11
2021
Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan
8th
800 m
1:58.26
2022
World Indoor Championships
Belgrade, Serbia
4th
800 m i
2:01.18
World Championships
Eugene, United States
5th
800 m
1:57.90
Commonwealth Games
Birmingham , United Kingdom
4th
800 m
1:57.88
2nd
4 × 400 m
3:26.93
2023
World Championships
Budapest, Hungary
18th (sf)
800 m
2:00.78
2024
World Indoor Championships
Glasgow, United Kingdom
12th (sf)
800 m
2:01.41
^ Time from the heats; Goule was replaced in the final where Jamaica won the silver
Other competitions
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