Elva Elizabeth Goulbourne (born 21 January 1980 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a

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n former

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 eve ...

athlete who specialised in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

. Her personal best result is , achieved in 2004. She represented Jamaica in four consecutive

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, 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 The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

. 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 The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

and a two-time champion of the

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(2001 and 2003).

College

While at Auburn under coach

Henry Rolle Sir Henry Rolle (1589–1656), of Shapwick in Somerset, was Chief Justice of the King's Bench and served as MP for Callington, Cornwall, (1614–1623–4) and for Truro, Cornwall (1625–1629). Origins Henry Rolle was born ''circa'' 1589, ...

, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female track and field competitor in 2003.

Competition record

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* 1980 births Living people People from Saint Ann Parish Jamaican female long jumpers Jamaican female sprinters Olympic athletes of Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Junior college women's track and field athletes in the United States Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Jamaica Pan American Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Auburn Tigers women's track and field athletes Auburn University alumni 20th-century Jamaican women 21st-century Jamaican women {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub