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Carnbee, Trinidad and Tobago>Carnbee, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago| death_date = | death_place = 1.62abbr=on}}56abbr=on}} | country = {{TTO}}Track and field athletics>Athletics| event = Hurdling| retired = | pb = | show-medals = | updated = 3 January 2015| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{TRI}}}}{{MedalSport | Women's athletics}}{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}{{MedalBronze |2009 Berlin|400 m hurdles}}{{MedalCompetition|CAC Junior Championships (U17)}}{{MedalSilver |2000 San Juan | 300 m hurdles}}{{MedalSilver |2000 San Juan | 4x100 m relay}}{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)}}{{MedalSilver |2003 Port of Spain | 4x400 m relay}}{{MedalBronze |2003 Port of Spain | 400 m hurdles}}}}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.Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-05-25). Belém spectacular produces five world season leads – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.She won the bronze in the 400m hurdles at the World Championships for Athletics in Berlin, Germany in 2009.ttgapers.com. Tobagonian Josanne Lucas claims 400m hurdles bronze {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826152736weblink |date=2009-08-26 }}.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.WEB,weblink Teacher, track and field coach and Olympic Athlete took her first Pledge of Allegiance, northfortynews.com, dead,weblink 2019-09-15,

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!Event!Time (seconds)!Venue!Date!colspan="4"|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!colspan="4"|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

• All information taken from IAAF profile.Lucas, Josanne biography {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120803014216weblink |date=2012-08-03 }}. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.

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!colspan="6"|Representing {{TTO}}2000CARIFTA 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)2nd|300m hurdles (76.2 cm)|45.34|7th|Long jump|5.52m (wind: NWI)2nd|4 × 100 m relay|47.91|20022002 CARIFTA Games>CARIFTA Games (U17)Nassau, Bahamas>Nassau, Bahamas| —|400m|DNF2003CARIFTA Games (U20)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago3rd|400m hurdles (76.2 cm)|58.552nd|4 × 400 m relay|3:40.082003 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships>Pan American Junior Championships|Bridgetown, Barbados2nd|400m hurdles (76.2 cm)|58.43Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsSt. George's, Grenada|6th|400m hurdles2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#400 meters hurdles 2>59.37|4th|4 × 100 m relay2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#4 x 100 meters relay 2>44.422005Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsNassau, Bahamas|4th|400 m hurdles2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#400 meters hurdles 2>57.63|4th|4 × 100 m relay3:35.55)2005 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships|Helsinki, Finland|28th (h)|400 m hurdles2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles>58.992006NACAC Under-23 ChampionshipsSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic2nd|100m hurdles2006 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics – Results#100 meters hurdles>13.26 (wind: +0.4 m/s)1st|400m hurdles2006 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics – Results#400 meters hurdles 2>55.993rd|4 × 400 m relay3:44.23)Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia2nd|400m hurdlesAthletics at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles>55.60|6th|4 × 400 m relay3:50.89)2008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia|6th|100m hurdles2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#100 meters hurdles>13.46 A (wind: +1.4 m/s)1st|400m hurdles2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#400 meters hurdles 2>56.55 AAthletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics>Olympic Games|Beijing, China|23rd (h)|400m hurdlesAthletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles>57.7620092009 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships|Berlin, Germany3rd|400m hurdles2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles>53.202009 IAAF World Athletics Final>World Athletics Final|Thessaloniki, Greece3rd|400m hurdles|54.312011Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico|5th|400m hurdles2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results#400 metres hurdles 2>58.273rd|4 × 400 m relay3:34.84)2014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom|7th|100m hurdlesAthletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres hurdles>13.41 (wind: -0.1 m/s)| —|400m hurdlesAthletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles>DQAthletics at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games>Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico>México|4th|100m hurdlesAthletics at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results#100 meters hurdles>13.62 A (wind: -0.8 m/s)2015Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games>Pan American Games|Toronto, Canada|14th (h)|400m hurdlesAthletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles>60.302015 NACAC Championships>NACAC Championships|San José, Costa Rica|12th (h)|400m hurdles2015 NACAC Championships – Results#400 meters hurdles 2>58.69

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