Megan Wright

Megan Wright ( Megan Elizabeth Wright, née Metcalfe; born January 27, 1982 in Edmonton ) is a Canadian long-distance runner .

At the World Cross Country Championships she finished 55th on the short distance in Saint-Galmier in 2005 and 50th in Fukuoka in 2006. At the World Athletics Cup in Athens in 2006 she was ninth over 3000 m .

In 2007 she won the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro over 5000 m . In 2008 she was at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Valencia twelfth over 3000 m and ran at the Olympic Games in Beijing over 5000 m in 15th place.

In 2010 she was eighth over 5000 m at the Athletics Continental Cup in Split and at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi .

Personal bests

• 1500 m : 4: 10.28 min, July 5, 2010, Burnaby
  • Hall: 4: 13.4 min, January 22, 2011, New York City (intermediate time)
• 1 mile : 4:39.12 min, June 16, 2007, Cambridge
  • Hall: 4: 31.91 min, January 21, 2006, New York City
• 3000 m: 8: 44.29 min, 29. August 2010, Rieti
  • Hall: 8: 48.56 min, March 7, 2008, Valencia
• 5000 m: 15: 11.23 min, August 19, 2008, Beijing
  • Hall: 15: 25.15 min, February 11, 2011, Boston
• 10,000 m : 32: 40.40 min, May 1st 2011, Palo Alto

Web links

• Megan Wright in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait at the ARRS
• Megan Wright in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )