Heather Gooding

{{Short description|Barbadian sprinter (born 1958)}} {{use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Heather Gooding | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Barbadian | sport = Sprinting | event = 4 × 400 metres relay | club = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|3|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = }}

'''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.<ref name="SportsRef">{{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}}</ref> She was the first woman to represent Barbados at the Olympics.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gooding, Heather}} Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Category:Barbadian women sprinters Category:Barbadian women middle-distance runners Category:Olympic athletes for Barbados Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Athletes from Nottingham Category:Olympic women sprinters