Tracy Goddard

{{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 =  | image_size =  | 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 =  | weight =  | sport = Athletics | event =4 × 400 metres relay<br>Long jump | commonwealth = 1994, 1998 | pb = |show-medals=yes |medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championships}} {{MedalBronze|1987 Birmingham|4 x 400 m}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|1993 Stuttgart|4 x 400 m}} {{MedalCompetition|European Cup}} {{MedalGold|1994 Birmingham| 4 x 400 m}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|1994 Victoria|4 x 400 m}} }}

'''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 and long jump. She won a bronze medal 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1993 World Championships representing Great Britain, and a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1994 Commonwealth Games representing England. She was also a member of the British quartet that won at the 1994 European Cup.

== Career == In 1991, Goddard came second behind Sandra Leigh in the 400 metres event at the 1991 UK Athletics Championships.<ref name=GB>{{cite web| url= http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/uk.htm| title= UK Championships| publisher=UK Athletics| accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref> Goddard competed at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, winning a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay, competing with Linda Keough, Phylis Smith and 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| 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| date=29 August 2003| accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref>

Goddard finished second behind Melanie Neef in the 400 metres event at the 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 that won the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, 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| accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref>

Joseph came third in the long jump event at the 1997 British Athletics Championships,<ref name=GB/> and fifth in the long jump event at the 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 |rowspan=2|Birmingham, United Kingdom |4th |400 m |54.18 |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 4 00m |3:39.84 |- |1993 |World Championships |Stuttgart, Germany |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 400 m |3:23.41 |- |1994 |European Cup |Birmingham, United Kingdom |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m |3:27.33 |} {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |+ Representing {{ENG}} |- |rowspan=2|1994 |rowspan=2|Commonwealth Games |rowspan=2|Victoria, Canada |12th (sf) |400 m |53.84 |- |bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 400 m |3:27.06 |- |1998 |Commonwealth Games |Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |5th |Long jump |6.35 m |- !colspan=6|<small>''' (sf) Indicates overall position in semifinal round'''</small> |}

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goddard, Tracy}} 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