# Natoya Goule-Toppin

Natoya Goule-Toppin (born 30 March 1991) 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. 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.

### 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.
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).
She placed fourth at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade with a time of 2:01.18.

## Achievements
### International competitions

Representing  Jamaica :
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| 2005 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st | 800 m | 2:14.16 |
| 2005 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st | 1500 m | 4:39.05 |
| 2006 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Les Abymes, Guadeloupe | 1st | 800 m | 2:09.59 |
| 2006 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Les Abymes, Guadeloupe | 1st | 1500 m | 4:32.70 |
| 2006 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Les Abymes, Guadeloupe | 1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:43.65 |
| 2006 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st | 800 m | 2:09.15 |
| 2006 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st | 1200 m | 3:33.74 |
| 2006 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:45.31 |
| 2007 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Providenciales, Turks and Caicos | 1st | 800 m | 2:11.68 |
| 2007 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Providenciales, Turks and Caicos | 1st | 1500 m | 4:36.26 |
| 2007 | World Youth Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 8th (sf) | 800 m | 2:08.37 |
| 2008 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1st | 800 m | 2:05.90 |
| 2008 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1st | 1500 m | 4:33.69 |
| 2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 22nd (h) | 800 m | 2:09.55 |
| 2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 9th (h) | 4 × 400 m | 3:38.00 |
| 2009 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia | 1st | 800 m | 2:09:27 |
| 2009 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia | 1st | 1500 m | 4:27.48 |
| 2009 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia | 1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:36.21 |
| 2010 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 1st | 800 m | 2:06.03 |
| 2010 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 1st | 1500 m | 4:36.34 |
| 2010 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:37.15 |
| 2010 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20) | Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. | 1st | 800 m | 2:07.20 |
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 10th (sf) | 800 m | 2:05.07 |
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 3rd | 4 × 400 m | 3:32.24 |
| 2011 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 3rd | 800 m | 2:02.83 |
| 2011 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 1st | 4 × 400 m | 3:29.86 |
| 2013 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Morelia, Mexico | 1st | 800 m | 2:02.02 |
| 2013 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Morelia, Mexico | – | 4 × 400 m | DQ |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 18th (h) | 800 m | 2:00.93 |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 6th | 800 m | 2:01.89 |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 2nd | 4 × 400 m | 3:29.43 |
| 2014 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 5th | 4 × 800 m | 8:17.22 |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 12th (sf) | 800 m | 2:04.23 |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 33rd (h) | 800 m | 2:02.37 |
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 17th (h) | 800 m | 2:08.23 |
| 2016 | 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 |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championship | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 8th (h) | 800 m | 2:02.49 |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 3rd | 800 m | 1:58.82 |
| 2018 | NACAC Championships | Toronto, Canada | 2nd | 800 m | 1:57.95 |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 1st | 800 m | 2:01.26 |
| 2019 | Pan American Games | Lima, Peru | 3rd | 4 × 400 m | 3:27.61 |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 6th | 800 m | 2:00.11 |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 8th | 800 m | 1:58.26 |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 4th | 800 m i | 2:01.18 |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 5th | 800 m | 1:57.90 |
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 4th | 800 m | 1:57.88 |
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 2nd | 4 × 400 m | 3:26.93 |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 18th (sf) | 800 m | 2:00.78 |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 12th (sf) | 800 m | 2:01.41 |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 18th (sf) | 800 m | 1:59.14 |
* ↑ Time from the heats; Goule was replaced in the final where Jamaica won the silver

### Other competitions

Representing Louisiana State University & Clemson University :
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |