Alison Wyeth

Alison Wyeth (born May 26, 1964 in Southampton , United Kingdom ) is a former British medium and long distance runner.

Athletic career

National

Alison Wyeth was British amateur champion of the Amateur Athletic Association three times in the 1500 m (1993), 3000 m (1989) and 5000 m (1995).

There are also two British championships over 1500 m (1990 and 1991).

International

Alison Wyeth competed in the first international competition at the 1987 World Cross Country Championships in Warsaw . In the women’s competition over 5.05 km, she finished 96th with a time of 18:26 minutes. Two years later in Stavanger , her 23:43 minutes over 6 km were enough for 28th place.

The following year she started for the English team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand . In the 3000 meter race she finished 11th in 9: 23.12 minutes. In Aix-les-Bains , Wyeth took part in the cross-country championships for the third time . The race went over 6 km again. Wyeth finished in 99th place with 21:09 minutes. She started for the English team. At the European Championships in Split she then represented the United Kingdom over 3000 m. With a time of 8: 52.26 min she reached 10th place.

1991 came her fourth and last assignment as a cross-country runner. In Antwerp , she was 36th at the Cross Country World Championships in a 6.425 km race (time: 21:32 min). In the following years she only started over 3000 m internationally. At the World Championships in Tokyo she was eleventh with 8: 44.73 minutes.

As the fastest lucky loser , Alison Wyeth qualified for the final at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona . Here she finished 9th with 9: 00.23 min. The following year she reached 5th place at the World Championships in Stuttgart with 8: 38.42 min.

A sixth place jumped out for Wyeth at the European Indoor Championships in Paris in 1994 . Your time was stopped at 9: 04.35 min. She achieved the same placement at the European Championships in Helsinki with a time of 8: 45.76 minutes. Alison Wyeth then started for the English team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada . With 8: 47.98 min she could win the bronze medal.

Then Alison Wyeth ventured to the 5000 m. At the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg , however, she could not finish her race. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , she retired with 16: 24.74 minutes in the lead-up.

She last represented the United Kingdom at the 1998 World Half Marathon Championships in Uster ( Switzerland ). Here she came in 67th with a time of 1:16:44 h.

Personal bests

The World Athletics Federation IAAF lists the following best times for Alison Wyeth:

discipline	time	date	place
1500 m	4: 03.17 min	August 7, 1993	Monaco
a mile	4: 30.24 min	July 1, 1994	Gateshead
3000 m	8: 38.42 min	August 16, 1993	Stuttgart
5000 m	15: 00.37 min	July 7, 1995	London
half marathon	1:10:54 h	March 28, 1998	The hague
marathon	2:38:26 h	September 26, 1999	Edinburgh

Private life

Alison Wyeth was married to the British long-distance runner John Nuttall. The marriage ended in divorce. She has a daughter with Nuttall, Hannah Nuttall, who is also a long-distance runner.

Web links

• Alison Wyeth in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Result list at GBRAthletics.com (engl.)
2. ↑ Result list at GBRAthletics.com (engl.)
3. ↑ IAAF athlete profile
4. ↑ Article of the English Cross Country Association (Engl.)