# Heather Gooding

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{{Short description|Barbadian sprinter (born 1958)}}
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| sport       = Sprinting
| event       = 4 × 400 metres relay
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'''Heather Gooding''' (born 20 March 1958) is a Barbadian [sprinter](/source/sprint_(running)).

==Early life==
She moved to [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham) in 1974.

==Career==
She competed in the [women's 4 × 400 metres relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) at the [1972 Summer Olympics](/source/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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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

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