{{short description|Jamaican middle-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Natoya Goule-Toppin | honorific_suffix = OLY | image = Natoya Goule by Jenaragon94 (cropped).jpg | caption = Goule competing in 2019 | nationality = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|3|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Manchester, Jamaica<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1019966/natoya_goule.html |title=2014 CWG profile |access-date=23 January 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074619/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1019966/natoya_goule.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.62 m | weight = 47 kg | country = Jamaica | sport = Track and field | event = 800 meters | collegeteam = South Plains College <br> LSU <br> Clemson | pb = {{ubl |'''400 m''': 51.52 (2011) |'''800 m''': 1:55.96 {{AthAbbr|NR|Jamaican}} (2023) |Indoor |'''800 m''': 1:58.46{{AthAbbr|i|indoors}} {{AthAbbr|NR|Jamaican}} (2022) |'''1000 m''': 2:37.55{{AthAbbr|i|indoors}} {{AthAbbr|NR|Jamaican}} (2019) }} | residence = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{JAM}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Silver| 2014 Sopot |4×400 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|World Relays}} {{Medal|Bronze|2017 Nassau|4×400 m mixed}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2022 Birmingham|4×400 m relay}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|800 m}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold|2019 Lima|800 m}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Lima|4×400 m relay}} {{MedalCompetition | NACAC Championships}} {{MedalSilver | 2018 Toronto|800 m}} {{MedalCompetition|CAC Championships}} {{MedalGold |2013 Morelia|800 m}} {{MedalGold |2011 Mayagüez|4×400 m relay}} {{MedalBronze |2011 Mayagüez|800 m}} {{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games (Junior)}} {{MedalGold |2008 Basseterre | 800 m}} {{MedalGold |2008 Basseterre | 1500 m}} {{MedalGold|2009 Vieux Fort| 800 m}} {{MedalGold|2009 Vieux Fort| 1500 m}} {{Medal|Gold|2010 George Town| 800 m}} {{Medal|Gold|2010 George Town| 1500 m}} {{Medal|Competition|CARIFTA Games (Youth)}} {{MedalGold |2005 Bacolet | 800 m}} {{MedalGold |2005 Bacolet | 1500 m}} {{Medal|Gold|2006 Les Abymes| 800 m}} {{Medal|Gold|2006 Les Abymes| 1500 m}} {{Medal|Gold|2007 Providenciales| 800 m}} {{Medal|Gold|2007 Providenciales| 1500 m}} }}
'''Natoya Goule-Toppin''' (born 30 March 1991)<ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web |title=Natoya GOULE – Athlete Profile |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/natoya-goule-14285696 |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=World Athletics}}</ref> is a Jamaican middle-distance runner. In the 800 metres she is the 2019 Pan American Games champion, 2018 NACAC Championship silver medallist, and 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist. Goule is the current Jamaican record holder at the event both out- and indoors, and also for the indoor 1000 metres.
She has represented Jamaica on numerous occasions, including both the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
==Running career== ===Youth=== Goule established herself in athletics already by the age of 12, when she ran at the ISSA Athletic Championships in Jamaica.<ref name="Observe">{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/teenage/Natoya-Goule-_16216423|title=Beyond the Finish Line--Natoya Goule|date=11 March 2014}}</ref> Representing Manchester High School, she holds records in the Girls' Class 1 1500m as well as the Class 3 800m, and she has accumulated 15 individual gold medals at the Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Championships, and 12 individual at the CARIFTA Games.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foster|first=Anthony|date=27 February 2020|title=Boys and Girls Champs Records|url=https://trackalerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2019_BGAC_Records.pdf|access-date=17 June 2021|website=Track Alerts}}</ref><ref name="Observe"/>
===International=== Goule first attended South Plains College and ran for their track team. At around the same time South Plains was already recruiting other Jamaican runners, such as Kemoy Campbell. Eventually, however, she would go on to study and run at Louisiana State University. After a few seasons at LSU she transferred to Clemson.
In 2014, racing in the heats, she was a member of Jamaica's women's 4x400 relay team which won the silver medal at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships.<ref>[https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/4057452/LSU/Natoya_Goule.html Natoya Goule LSU Track and Field results]. TFRRS. Retrieved on 9 December 2015.</ref><ref>[https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/4991018/Clemson/Natoya_Goule.html Natoya Goule Clemson Track and Field results]. TFRRS. Retrieved on 9 December 2015.</ref>
Goule has won races at numerous meetings; for example, in 2022, she won two 800 metres indoor events (NY New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, and World Indoor Tour's Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais where she improved her Jamaican indoor record to 1:58.46), and a 1000-metres indoor event (Clemson Invitational, Clemson, SC).<ref name="WAprofile" />
She placed fourth at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade with a time of 2:01.18.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-20 |title=Ajee' Wilson wins 800m gold at World Indoor Championships |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2022/03/ajee-wilson-wins-800m-gold-at-world-indoor-championships/ |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=LetsRun.com}}</ref>
==Achievements== ===Circuit performances=== {{Grand Slam Track}}
===International competitions=== {|{{AchievementTable|nation=JAM|Event=yes}} |- |rowspan=2|2005 |rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U17) |rowspan=2|Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |2:14.16 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |1500 m |4:39.05 |- |rowspan=6|2006 |rowspan=3|CARIFTA Games (U17) |rowspan=3|Les Abymes, Guadeloupe |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |2:09.59 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |1500 m |4:32.70 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} |3:43.65 |- |rowspan=3|Central American and Caribbean<br>Junior Championships (U17) |rowspan=3|Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |2:09.15 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |1200 m |3:33.74 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} |3:45.31 |- |rowspan=3|2007 |rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U17) |rowspan=2|Providenciales, Turks and Caicos |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |2:11.68 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |1500 m |4:36.26 |- |World Youth Championships |Ostrava, Czech Republic |8th (sf) |800 m |2:08.37 |- |rowspan=4|2008 |rowspan=2|CARIFTA Games (U20) |rowspan=2|Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |2:05.90 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |1500 m |4:33.69 |- |rowspan=2|World Junior Championships |rowspan=2|Bydgoszcz, Poland |22nd (h) |800 m |2:09.55 |- |9th (h) |{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} |3:38.00 |- |rowspan=3|2009 |rowspan=3|CARIFTA Games (U20) |rowspan=3|Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |2:09:27 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |1500 m |4:27.48 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} |3:36.21 |- |rowspan=6|2010 |rowspan=3|CARIFTA Games (U20) |rowspan=3|George Town, Cayman Islands |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |2:06.03 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |1500 m |4:36.34 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} |3:37.15 |- |Central American and Caribbean<br>Junior Championships (U20) |Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |2:07.20 |- |rowspan=2|World Junior Championships |rowspan=2|Moncton, Canada |10th (sf) |800 m ||2:05.07 |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} |3:32.24 |- |rowspan=2|2011 |rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Championships |rowspan=2|Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |800 m |2:02.83 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} |3:29.86 |- |rowspan=3|2013 |rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Championships |rowspan=2|Morelia, Mexico |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |2:02.02 |- | – |{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} |DQ |- |World Championships |Moscow, Russia |18th (h) |800 m |2:00.93 |- |rowspan=4|2014 |rowspan=2|World Indoor Championships |rowspan=2|Sopot, Poland |6th |800 m |2:01.89 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} |3:29.43 {{refn|group=n|name=heats|Time from the heats; Goule was replaced in the final where Jamaica won the silver}} |- |IAAF World Relays |Nassau, Bahamas |5th |{{nowrap|4 × 800 m}} |8:17.22 |- |Commonwealth Games |Glasgow, United Kingdom |12th (sf) |800 m |2:04.23 |- |2015 |World Championships |Beijing, China |33rd (h) |800 m |2:02.37 |- |rowspan=2|2016 |World Indoor Championships |Portland, United States |17th (h) |800 m |2:08.23 |- |Olympic Games |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |25th (h) |800 m |2:00.49 |- |2017 |World Championships |London, United Kingdom |22nd (h) |800 m |2:01.77 |- |rowspan=3|2018 |World Indoor Championship |Birmingham, United Kingdom |8th (h) |800 m |2:02.49 |- |Commonwealth Games |Gold Coast, Australia |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |800 m |1:58.82 |- |NACAC Championships |Toronto, Canada |bgcolor=silver|2nd |800 m |1:57.95 |- |rowspan=3|2019 |rowspan=2|Pan American Games |rowspan=2|Lima, Peru |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |2:01.26 |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} |3:27.61 |- |World Championships |Doha, Qatar |6th |800 m |2:00.11 |- |2021 |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |8th |800 m |1:58.26 |- |rowspan=4|2022 |World Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |4th |800 m i |2:01.18 |- |World Championships |Eugene, United States |5th |800 m |1:57.90 |- |rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games |rowspan=2|Birmingham, United Kingdom |4th |800 m |1:57.88 |- |bgcolor=silver|2nd |{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} |3:26.93 |- |2023 |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |18th (sf) |800 m |2:00.78 |- |rowspan=2|2024 |World Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |12th (sf) |800 m |2:01.41 |- |Olympic Games |Paris, France |18th (sf) |800 m |1:59.14 |- |2025 |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |20th (sf) |800 m |1:59.58 |- |2026 |World Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |11th (sf) |800 m |2:00.69 |} {{reflist|group=n}}
===Other competitions=== {|{{AchievementTable|Event=yes|nation=Louisiana State University & Clemson University}} |- |rowspan=4|2015 |NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships |Eugene, Oregon |6th |800 m |2:05.19 |- |ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships |Tallahassee, FL |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |2:01.32 |- |NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships |Fayetteville, AR |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m {{AthAbbr|i|indoors}} |2:01.64 |- |ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships |Blacksburg, VA |bgcolor=silver|2nd |800 m i |2:03.57 |- |rowspan=4|2013 |NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships |Eugene, Oregon |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |2:00.06 |- |SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships |Columbia, MO |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m |2:01.12 |- |NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships |Fayetteville, AR |bgcolor=gold|1st |800 m i |2:02.00 |- |SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships |Fayetteville, AR |bgcolor=silver|2nd |800 m i |2:03.08 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
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