Natoya Goule-Toppin (born 30 March 1991) is a Jamaican

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. In the

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she is the

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champion, 2018 NACAC Championship silver medallist, and

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bronze medallist. Goule is the current Jamaican record holder at the event both out- and indoors, and also for the indoor

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. She has represented Jamaica on numerous occasions, including both the

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and

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Running career

Youth

Goule established herself in athletics already by the age of 12, when she ran at the ISSA Athletic Championships in Jamaica. 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

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International

Goule first attended

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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

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. 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

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. 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,

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). She placed fourth at the World Indoor Championships in

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with a time of 2:01.18.

Achievements

Circuit performances

International competitions

Other competitions

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goule, Natoya 1991 births Living people Jamaican female middle-distance runners Athletes from Manchester Parish Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica LSU Lady Tigers track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Jamaica Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Jamaica Pan American Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Jamaican Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Jamaican sportswomen Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners Clemson Tigers women's track and field athletes South Plains Lady Texans track and field athletes Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics