# Tracy Goddard

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{{Short description|British athlete (born 1969)}}
{{Use British English| date=November 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| honorific_prefix = 
| name             = Tracy Joseph<br>née Goddard
| honorific_suffix = 
| image            = <!-- name.jpg -->
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| alt              = 
| caption          = 
| nationality      = British (English)
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1969|11|29|df=y}}
| birth_place      = 
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| years_active     = 1987–1998 
| club             = Basingstoke AC
| height           = <!-- X cm, X m, or X ft Y in (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference -->
| weight           = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference -->
| sport            = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_Athletics)
| event            =[4 × 400 metres relay](/source/4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)<br>[Long jump](/source/Long_jump)
| commonwealth     = [1994](/source/1994_Commonwealth_Games), [1998](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games)
| pb               = 
|show-medals=yes
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Junior Championships](/source/European_Athletics_U20_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1987 Birmingham](/source/1987_European_Athletics_Junior_Championships)|4 x 400 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1993 Stuttgart](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics)|[4 x 400 m](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Cup](/source/European_Cup_(athletics))}}
{{MedalGold|[1994 Birmingham](/source/1994_European_Cup_(athletics))| 4 x 400 m}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold|[1994 Victoria](/source/1994_Commonwealth_Games)|[4 x 400 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay)}}
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'''Tracy Carol Joseph''' (née '''Goddard''', born 29 November 1969)<ref name=WEE>{{cite web| url= http://www.weareengland.org/home/team-england/the-commonwealth-games/victoria-1994/victoria-1994-team#ReiOoUPk7Gqoqtld.97| title= VICTORIA 1994: TEAM| publisher=We Are England| accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref> is a British former athlete who competed in the [400 metres](/source/400_metres) and [long jump](/source/long_jump). She won a bronze medal [4 × 400 metres relay](/source/4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) at the [1993 World Championships](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) representing Great Britain, and a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the [1994 Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) representing England. She was also a member of the British quartet that won at the [1994 European Cup](/source/1994_European_Cup_(athletics)).

== Career ==
In 1991, Goddard came second behind Sandra Leigh in the [400 metres](/source/400_metres) event at the 1991 [UK Athletics Championships](/source/UK_Athletics_Championships).<ref name=GB>{{cite web| url= http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/uk.htm| title= UK Championships| publisher=[UK Athletics](/source/UK_Athletics)| accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref> Goddard competed at the [1993 World Championships in Athletics](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics) in [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), winning a bronze medal in the [4 × 400 metres relay](/source/4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay), competing with [Linda Keough](/source/Linda_Keough), [Phylis Smith](/source/Phylis_Smith) and [Sally Gunnell](/source/Sally_Gunnell).<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/world-athletics-championship-british-elite-need-star-treatment-coaches-look-to-consolidate-on-1463146.html| title= World Athletics Championship: British elite need star treatment: Coaches look to consolidate on success in Stuttgart.| last=Rowbottom| first=Mark| work=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)| date=23 August 1993| accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3160559.stm| title= Britain's roll of honour| work=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)| date=29 August 2003| accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref>

Goddard finished second behind [Melanie Neef](/source/Melanie_Neef) in the 400 metres event at the [1994 AAA Championships](/source/1994_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19940613/015/0015 |title=Classy Crampton hits the jackpot |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=13 June 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=31 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=31 March 2025 }}</ref> Shortly afterwards she was in the [England team](/source/England_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games) that won the 4 x 400 metres relay at the [1994 Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay) in [Victoria](/source/Victoria%2C_British_Columbia), along with Keough, Smith and Gunnell, after the Australian team were disqualified.<ref name=WEE/><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.thecgf.com/games/team_results.asp| title= Results for the Athletics - 4 x 400m Relay - Women| publisher=[Commonwealth Games Federation](/source/Commonwealth_Games_Federation)| accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref>

Joseph came third in the [long jump](/source/long_jump) event at the [1997 British Athletics Championships](/source/1997_British_Athletics_Championships),<ref name=GB/> and fifth in the [long jump event](/source/Athletics_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_long_jump) at the [1998 Commonwealth Games](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games).<ref>[http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/19atlongjump-wf.html Results]</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|+Representing {{GBR2}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1987
|rowspan=2|[European Junior Championships](/source/1987_European_Athletics_Junior_Championships)
|rowspan=2|[Birmingham](/source/Birmingham), United Kingdom
|4th
|400 m
|54.18
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 × 4 00m 
|3:39.84
|-
|1993
|[World Championships](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), Germany
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 × 400 m
|3:23.41
|-
|1994
|[European Cup](/source/1994_European_Cup_(athletics))
|[Birmingham](/source/Birmingham), United Kingdom
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 400 m
|3:27.33
|}
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|+ Representing {{ENG}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1994
|rowspan=2|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games)
|rowspan=2|[Victoria](/source/Victoria%2C_British_Columbia), Canada
|12th (sf)
|400 m
|53.84
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 400 m
|3:27.06
|-
|1998
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games)
|[Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur), Malaysia
|5th
|Long jump
|6.35 m
|-
!colspan=6|<small>''' (sf) Indicates overall position in semifinal round'''</small>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}

{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 4x400 m Women}}
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Category:1969 births
Category:Living people
Category:British women long jumpers
Category:English women sprinters
Category:British women sprinters
Category:English women long jumpers
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics

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