Elva Goulbourne

Elva Goulbourne

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Pan American Games
	1999 Winnipeg	Long jump
Commonwealth Games
	2002 Manchester	Long jump
	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 5+3⁄4 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).

College

While at Auburn under coach Henry Rolle, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female track and field competitor in 2003.^[2][3]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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	4 × 100 m relay	45.24
			2nd	Long jump	5.95 m
	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	19th (q)	Long jump	6.06 m (wind: -0.4 m/s)
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)	4 × 100 m relay	43.09
			10th	Long jump	6.62 m
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	2nd	4 × 100 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)	4 × 100 m relay	43.05
			20th (q)	Long jump	6.27 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	6th	Long jump	6.49 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)	4 × 100 m relay	44.12
			4th	Long jump	6.48 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	26th (q)	Long jump	6.32 m

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elva Goulbourne". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
2. "Elva Gouldbourne Wins Honda Sports Award For Track and Field". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
3. "Track & Field". CWSA. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

External links

• Elva Goulbourne at World Athletics