Background
She was born in Christchurch, New Zealand and attended Fairfield College in Hamilton and Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.
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Alison Wright
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Career
Wright is the current holder of the New Zealand 1000 meters record with a time of 2.38.54 set in the Berlin Olympic Stadium on 17 August 1979. Although not recognised as a record at the time it was eventually ratified over 25 years later. In late 2011, Wright"s time of 4:16.7 from January 1981 was also ratified as the official New Zealand women"s indoor 1500 meter record though it remained the record for only a few months until it was beaten early in 2012 by Lucy van Dalen.
Wright represented Oceania in the 1979 World Cup Finals in Montreal, Canada.
She represented Scotland in the World Cross Country Championships in Madrid in 1981 and the United Kingdom in dual meets in 1981 and 1982. Her selection was affected by the international boycott of those Games.
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