Lacena Golding-Clarke

Jamaican athlete

Commonwealth Games
2002 Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – 2003 Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo]]
Bronze medal – 2003 Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo]]
[[Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics 1999 Bridgetown
[[Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 Maracaibo]]
[[Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics
Bronze medal – 1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics 1990 Havana]]
Bronze medal – 1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics 1990 Havana]]
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)
1993 CARIFTA Games 1993 Fort de France
Silver medal – 1993 CARIFTA Gam 1993 Fort de France]]
Silver medal – 1992 CARIFTA Gam 1992 Nassau]]
Silver medal – 1992 CARIFTA Gam 1992 Nassau]]
Bronze medal – 1993 CARIFTA Games 1993 Fort de France]]
CARIFTA Games Youth (U17)
1991 CARIFTA Games 1991 Port of Spain
1991 CARIFTA Games 1991 Port of Spain
Silver medal – 1991 CARIFTA Gam 1991 Port of Spain]]
Bronze medal – 1989 CARIFTA Games 1989 Bridgetown]]

Lacena Golding Clarke (born March 20, 1975, in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a retired female hurdling athlete from Jamaica. She represented Jamaica at the Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000 and 2004, and took part in the World Championships in Athletics on five separate occasions.

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. After graduating from Auburn University with a BA in Political Science and Government in 1999, 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). 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.

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)