Josanne Lucille Lucas (born 14 May 1984) is a

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete from

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

who specialises in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. Born in

Carnbee, Trinidad and Tobago Carnbee is a town in Tobago, located about 5 kilometers southwest of Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to: People * Scarborough (surname) * Earl of Scarbrough Places Australia * Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth ...

, Lucas' first success was a win at the national championships in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

in 2005, but she focused on

hurdling Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

instead. She competed at the

2005 World Championships in Athletics The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (6 August 2005 – 14 August 2005), the site of the first IAAF ...

in the 400 m hurdles but failed to progress beyond the heats. Lucas represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics but again did not pass the heats. She set a new national record of 55.24 seconds in

Belém Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará) often called Belém of Pará, is a Brazilian city, capital and largest city of the state of Pará in t ...

at the Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa meet in May 2009. She won the bronze in the 400m hurdles at the World Championships for Athletics in Berlin, Germany in 2009. She studied at

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

under coach

Henry Rolle Sir Henry Rolle (1589–1656), of Shapwick, Somerset, Shapwick in Somerset, was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Chief Justice of the King's Bench and served as Member of parliament, MP for Callington (UK Parliament constituency), Call ...

with Biomedical Sciences as her major. She became a teacher at

Fort Collins High School Fort Collins High School is located at 3400 Lambkin Way, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. It is one of four public senior High school (North America), high schools in the Poudre School District. The school colors are purple and gold, and it ...

, and on August 24, 2019, she became a

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Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.Lucas, Josanne biography
.

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. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucas, Josanne 1984 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Trinidad and Tobago World Athletics Championships medalists Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Pan American Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Trinidad and Tobago female hurdlers Trinidad and Tobago female sprinters Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Trinidad and Tobago expatriates in the United States Auburn University alumni Schoolteachers from Colorado American women educators Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Naturalized citizens of the United States 21st-century American sportswomen