Heather Gooding‎

{{Short description|Barbadian sprinter (born 1958)}}

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Heather Gooding (born 20 March 1958) is a Barbadian sprinter.

Early life

She moved to Nottingham in 1974.

Career

She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/heather-gooding-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173411/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/heather-gooding-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Heather Gooding Olympic Results |accessdate=1 September 2017}} She was the first woman to represent Barbados at the Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/99/manual |title=First female competitors at the Olympics by country |work=Olympedia |accessdate=10 June 2020}}

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