Alison Joyce Wright is a former middle distance runner from New Zealand. She was born in Christchurch, New Zealand and attended Fairfield College

Fairfield College

Fairfield College is a co-educational state secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand. Located in the north-east suburb of Fairfield, it was founded in 1957. Built on the site of a former dairy farm which is leased from Tainui iwi, it is one of the largest school sites in the...

 in Hamilton

Hamilton, New Zealand

Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

 and Victoria University

Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a former constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, but offers a broad range of other courses...

 in Wellington, New Zealand.

Wright is best known as the current holder of New Zealand’s longest standing open women’s track and field record. The record she set for 1000 meters of 2.38.54 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium on 17 August 1979 still stands as the New Zealand national record. Wright was also the 1500 meters national champion of New Zealand, Scotland and the United Kingdom (indoors). She represented New Zealand in the Edmonton, Canada 1978 Commonwealth Games

1978 Commonwealth Games

The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec...

 and Oceania in the 1979 World Cup

1979 IAAF World Cup

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 Finals in Montreal, Canada. She represented Scotland in the World Cross Country Championships

1981 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 9th IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held on March 28, 1981 in Madrid, Spain. There were a total number of 457 participating athletes from 39 countries.- Individual :- Team :- Individual :- Team :- Individual :- Team :...

 in Madrid in 1981 and the United Kingdom in dual meets in 1981 and 1982. She achieved the 800 meter qualifying standard for the Moscow Olympic Games. Her selection was affected by the international boycott of those Games.

Personal bests

Distance	Time	Place	Date
800 m	2:02.70	Cologne	1979
1000 m	2:38.54 NR New Zealand records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in New Zealand maintained by New Zealand's national athletics federation: Athletics New Zealand ....	Berlin	1979
1500 m	4:11.70	Zurich	1979
3000 m	9:00.68	Cork	1981