Career
Her 800m best of 2:00.15, stood as the Scottish record for 30 years (1972-2002). At the age of 16 she was one of the best British female runners over 800 metres. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich she finished seventh in the 800 metres with a personal best time of 2:00.15 that lasted as a United Kingdom record until 1979.
At the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg she finished in fourth place in the 800 m.
Rosemary married her English-born husband, Trevor Wright who ran for New Zealand, having met him while competing in Helsinki in 1971. She lived in Wolverhampton until the age of 34, when the couple moved to New Zealand.