Background
Wise was born in Solihull, England and was a member of Coventry Godiva Harriers.
Wise was born in Solihull, England and was a member of Coventry Godiva Harriers.
In 1987, she finished fifth at the European Junior Championships in Birmingham.
She also competed at the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992 and the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. In 1992, Wise competed at her first Olympic Games but had a disastrous time in the qualifying round managing only 5.87 m for 26th overall. At the 1993 World Championships, she was 23rd in the qualifying round with 6.20 m.
After struggling with injuries, Wise entered the best phase of her career at the 1997 World Indoor Championships, finishing fourth with 6.70 m, which tied the United Kingdom indoor record of Susan Hearnshaw set in 1984.
She missed the bronze medal by just one centimetre. Later that same year, she narrowly missed the final at the World Championships in Athens.
In 1999, at the World Championships in Seville, she finished fifth in the final with a jump of 6.75 m, just short of her lifetime best of 6.76 m, which she had set in Malmo two weeks earlier. Wise competed at her second Olympic Games in Sydney, 2000, failing by just one centimetre, to reach the final.
Wise"s indoor best of 6.70 m, remained the United Kingdom indoor record for fifteen years, until 2012, when Shara Proctor jumped 6.89 m.
As of 2015, Wise"s best of 6.76 m, ranks her equal 10th on the United Kingdom all-time list alongside Mary Rand.