Yvonne Murray

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Yvonne Murray (born October 4, 1964 in Musselburgh near Edinburgh ) is a former Scottish long-distance runner . The highlights of her career were the Olympic bronze in 1988, the European title in 1990 and the title of indoor world champion in 1993.

At a height of 1.70 m, her competition weight was 50 kg. In 1990 Yvonne Murray was awarded the title MBE .

Career

Early years up to the 1988 Olympic medal

In 1982, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, Yvonne Murray entered the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane . She was tenth in the 1500 and 3000 meter runs .

She got her first international medal at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Piraeus in 1985 , when she won bronze over 3000 meters in 9: 00.94 minutes behind the Italian Agnese Possamai in 8: 55.25 minutes and Olga Bondarenko from the Soviet Union in 8: 58.03 min.

A year later in Madrid Murray achieved silver in 9: 01.31 minutes behind Ines Bibernell from the GDR in 8: 54.52 minutes. At the end of July at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986 , Murray won bronze over 3000 meters behind Lynn Kanuka-Williams and Debbie Bowker (both Canada) and finished fifth over 1500 meters. A month later at the European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart in 1986 , she took bronze in 8: 37.15 minutes behind Olga Bondarenko in 8: 33.99 minutes and the Romanian Maricica Puică in 8:35:92 minutes, just ahead of her teammate , the South African Zola Budd running for England in 8: 38.20 min.

At the European Indoor Championships in 1987 in Liévin , after bronze in 1985 and silver in 1986, she now achieved gold over 3000 meters ahead of Elly van Hulst from the Netherlands and Brigitte Kraus from the Federal Republic of Germany. In Liévin, however, no runners from Eastern Europe competed. At the indoor world championships, 14 days later in Indianapolis, Russians and Romanians competed. It won Tetjana Samolenko ago Olga Bondarenko and Maricica Puica, Yvonne Murray was fifth. On September 1, the final over 3000 meters of the World Athletics Championships 1987 took place in Rome . Samolenko won ahead of Puica, Murray was seventh.

In 1988 Yvonne Murray first took part in the Olympic Games in Seoul . Tetjana Samolenko won gold in 8: 26.53 minutes ahead of Romanian Paula Ivan . Yvonne Murray won bronze in her personal best of 8: 29.02 minutes.

European champion in 1990 and the later years

In early 1990 at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland , Murray was second over 3000 meters, one second behind Canadian Angela Chalmers , but eight seconds ahead of her compatriot Liz McColgan . Murray took fourth place over 1500 meters. In the summer at the European Championships in Split, Murray only started over 3000 meters. After a thrilling duel on the home straight, Murray won in 8: 43.06 minutes ahead of Russian Jelena Romanowa in 8: 43.68 minutes.

At the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo , Murray was tenth and eighth at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona . At the World Indoor Championships in Toronto in 1993 she won in 8: 50.55 minutes with over 12 seconds ahead of second-placed Romanian Margareta Keszeg and at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart she finished ninth.

In Helsinki at the European Championships in 1994 she won silver in 8: 36.48 minutes behind the Irish Sonia O'Sullivan and ahead of the Romanian Gabriela Szabo . At the Commonwealth Games in Victoria in 1994 , Yvonne Murray started over 10,000 meters. She won in 31: 56.97 minutes, ten seconds ahead of Elana Meyer from South Africa.

Top performances

  • 1500 meters: 4: 01.20 min (1987)
  • 3000 meters: 8: 29.02 min (1988)
  • 5000 meters: 14: 56.94 min (1995)
  • 10,000 meters: 31: 56.97 min (1994)

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personal data
SURNAME Murray, Yvonne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH 4th October 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Musselburgh near Edinburgh