Carlota Gooden (born 7 June 1936) is a Panamanian sprinter. She was the first woman to represent Panama at the Olympics.[1]

Carlota Gooden
Personal information
Born (1936-06-07) 7 June 1936 (age 88)
Panama City, Panama
Sport
SportSprinting
Event100 metres

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

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  1. ^ "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Carlota Gooden's Athletic Citizenship". 14 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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