Career
He represented his country in that event at the Summer Olympics in 1988 and 1992. Born in Dover in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, he did not compete at a high level in his youth but rose to prominence at senior level at the age of twenty-one. First came a run at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where he narrowly missed qualifying for the 200 m final.
The 1987 Pan American Games followed and he placed fifth in the 200 m before taking a relay bronze medal as part of a quartet with Ray Stewart, Andrew Smith and John Mair.
Wright also ran individually for Jamaica and ran in the semi-finals to a career best of 20.50 seconds. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the individual 200 m, then joined up with Christopher Faulknor, Greg Meghoo, and John Mair for the relay.
The team came close to their World Championship medal-winning time in the 4×100 m relay final, but ended in fourth behind the French team who were seven hundredths faster. Wright also placed seventh in the semi-finals of the 200 m individually.
This gained him the Jamaican Olympic team for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
He was omitted from the relay squad, but had his best Olympic finish in the 200 m individual event, coming seventh in his semi-final. This proved to be his last season at the top level, both nationally and internationally.