Carlota Gooden (born 7 June 1936) is a Panamanian sprinter. She was the first woman to represent Panama at the Olympics.
She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics. She finished second in the 1959 Pan American Games 4 × 100 metres Relay (with Jean Holmes-Mitchell, Marcela Daniel, and Silvia Hunte), third in the 1959 Pan American Games 60 metres and third in the 1959 Pan American Games 100 metres. She was descended from Barbadian canal workers. In 1955, she earned an athletic scholarship to Tuskegee University, one of the premier African American women's track programs.
International competitions Representing 1951Bolivarian GamesCaracas, Venezuela1st60 m6.51st100 m12.51st4 × 100 m relay49.51954Central American and Caribbean GamesMexico City, Mexico1st100 m12.321st4 × 100 m relay47.491959Pan American GamesChicago, United States3rd60 m7.43rd100 m12.32nd4 × 100 m relay48.21960Olympic GamesRome, Italy25th (qf)100 m12.706th (h)4 × 100 m relay46.66Ibero-American GamesSantiago, Chile1st100 m11.91st4 × 100 m relay47.2
Personal bests 100 metres – 11.6 (1960)
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