Alison Wyeth
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Born | Southampton, England | 26 May 1964||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Event | Long-distance | ||||||||||||||
Club | Parkside Harrow AC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alison Wyeth (born 26 May 1964) is an English former middle and long-distance runner.[2]
Athletics career
[edit]Wyeth represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996, as well as at three World Championships, finishing 5th in the 3000 metres final at the 1993 World Championships. She won AAAs Championship titles at 1500m (1993), 3000m (1989) and 5000m (1995), and twice won the UK Athletics Championships title at 1500 m (1990–91). She represented England in the 3,000 metres event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[3][4] Four years later she represented England and won a bronze medal in the 3,000 metres event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[5][6][7]
Wyeth started coaching in 2001.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Wyeth was born in Southampton, England. She was once married to a fellow British runner, John Nuttall, but has since divorced. They have two children, Hannah Nuttall and Luke Nuttall, both of whom are runners as well.[9][10]
Competition record
[edit]Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
- 1500 metres – 4:03.17 (Monaco 1993)
- One mile – 4:24.87 (Oslo 1991)
- 3000 metres – 8:38.42 (Stuttgart 1993)
- 5000 metres – 15:00.37 (London 1995)
- Half marathon – 1:10:54 (The Hague 1998)
- Marathon – 2:38:26 (Edinburgh 1999)
Indoor
- 3000 metres – 9:03.59 (Birmingham 1993)
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alison Wyeth". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ Alison Wyeth at World Athletics
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "England team in 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Athletes and results: Alison Wyeth". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "UK athletics stars move into coaching | NEWS | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "HAHN AND SKINNER PRODUCE GOLDEN DISPLAYS AT THE EUROPEAN PARA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Hannah Nuttall". University of New Mexico Lobos athletics. 27 April 2020. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Alison Wyeth at Team GB
- Alison Wyeth at Olympics.com
- Alison Wyeth at Olympic.org (archived)
- Alison Wyeth at Olympedia