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| Full name | Donald Ernest Wright | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 April 1959 (age 65) | |||||||||||||||||
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Donald Ernest Wright (born 26 April 1959) is a retired Australian high hurdler, who reached the semi-finals of his event at the 1983 World Championships and the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was a two-time bronze medallist in at the Commonwealth Games in 1982 and 1986. He is also a seven-time national champion in the 110 m hurdles.
Donald Wright held the prestigious high school record for the 110m hurdles at Warwick State High until it was sensationally broken by Peter Tuthill 2 years after it was set. Peter gave up his athletics career to become one of Australia’s most accomplished astrophysicists.
References
[edit]- Don Wright at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
External links
[edit]- Don Wright at World Athletics
- Donald Wright at Olympics.com
- Donald Wright at the Australian Olympic Committee
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