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| Josanne Lucas | |
| Birth Date: | 14 May 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Carnbee, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Height: | 1.62m (05.31feet) |
| Weight: | 56kg (123lb) |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Hurdling |
| Updated: | 3 January 2015 |
Josanne Lucille Lucas (born 14 May 1984) is a track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles.
Born in Carnbee, Trinidad and Tobago, Lucas' first success was a win at the national championships in the 400 metres in 2005, but she focused on hurdling instead. She competed at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in the 400 m hurdles but failed to progress beyond the heats. Lucas represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics but again did not pass the heats.
She set a new national record of 55.24 seconds in Belém at the Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa meet in May 2009.[1]
She won the bronze in the 400m hurdles at the World Championships for Athletics in Berlin, Germany in 2009.[2]
She studied at Auburn University under coach Henry Rolle with Biomedical Sciences as her major. She became a teacher at Fort Collins High School, and on August 24, 2019, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States.[3]
| Event | Time (seconds) | Venue | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor | ||||
| 200 meters | 23.65 (wind: +0.1 m/s) | Auburn, Alabama, United States | 4 April 2009 | |
| 400 meters | 53.49 | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 25 June 2005 | |
| 100 metres hurdles | 12.99 (wind: +2.0 m/s) | Tallahassee, Florida, United States | 9 May 2009 | |
| 400 metres hurdles | 53.20 NR | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 | |
| Indoor | ||||
| 55 metres hurdles | 7.64 | Gainesville, Florida, United States | 25 February 2006 | |
| 60 metres hurdles | 8.20 | Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States | 10 March 2006 | |
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | St. George's, Grenada | 4th | 100m hurdles (76.2 cm) | 14.79 (wind: +0.3 m/s) | |
| 9th | Long jump | 5.12m (wind: NWI) | ||||
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17) | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 4th | 100m hurdles (76.2 cm) | 14.73 (wind: NWI) | ||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 300m hurdles (76.2 cm) | 45.34 | |||
| 7th | Long jump | 5.52m (wind: NWI) | ||||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 47.91 | |||
| 2002 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Nassau, Bahamas | — | 400m | DNF | |
| 2003 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 3rd | 400m hurdles (76.2 cm) | 58.55 | |
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:40.08 | |||
| Pan American Junior Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 400m hurdles (76.2 cm) | 58.43 | |
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | St. George's, Grenada | 6th | 400m hurdles | 59.37 | ||
| 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.42 | ||||
| 2005 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 57.63 | |
| 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 3:35.55 | ||||
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 28th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 58.99 | ||
| 2006 | NACAC Under-23 Championships | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 100m hurdles | 13.26 (wind: +0.4 m/s) |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400m hurdles | 55.99 | |||
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:44.23 | ||||
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 400m hurdles | 55.60 | |
| 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:50.89 | ||||
| 2008 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 6th | 100m hurdles | 13.46 A (wind: +1.4 m/s) | |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 400m hurdles | 56.55 A | |||
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 23rd (h) | 400m hurdles | 57.76 | ||
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 3rd | 400m hurdles | 53.20 | |
| World Athletics Final | Thessaloniki, Greece | 3rd | 400m hurdles | 54.31 | ||
| 2011 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 5th | 400m hurdles | 58.27 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:34.84 | ||||
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 7th | 100m hurdles | 13.41 (wind: -0.1 m/s) | |
| — | 400m hurdles | DQ | ||||
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Xalapa, México | 4th | 100m hurdles | 13.62 A (wind: -0.8 m/s) | ||
| 2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 14th (h) | 400m hurdles | 60.30 | |
| NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 12th (h) | 400m hurdles | 58.69 | ||