Alison Wyeth

{{short description|English runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Alison Wyeth | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|05|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Southampton, England | height = 1.78 m<ref name="SR">{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Alison Wyeth |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wy/alison-wyeth-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204051138/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wy/alison-wyeth-1.html |archive-date=4 December 2016}}</ref> | weight = 58 kg | sport = Track and field | event = Long-distance | education = | club = Parkside Harrow AC | coach = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1994 Victoria | 3000m}} }}

'''Alison Wyeth''' (born 26 May 1964) is an English former middle and long-distance runner,<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> who represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996, as well as at three World Championships.

== Athletics career == In addition to her Olympic appearances Wyeth finished 5th in the 3000 metres final at the 1993 World Championships. She won AAAs Championship titles at 1500m (1993),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002192/19930717/026/0026 |title=Panasonic AAA Championships |newspaper=Sports Argus |date=17 July 1993 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2025 }}</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2025}} 3000m (1989) and 5000m (1995), and twice won the UK Athletics Championships title at 1500 m (1990–91).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=29 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=29 March 2025 }}</ref> She represented England in the 3,000 metres event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes |title=1990 Athletes |website=Team England |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=21 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821232849/https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/auckland-1990/athletes |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all |title=England team in 1990 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404120931/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3042/19/all |url-status=dead}}</ref> Four years later she represented England and won a bronze medal in the 3,000 metres event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes |title=1994 Athletes |website=Team England |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=6 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006083914/https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all |title=England team in 1994 |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=7 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40505 |title=Athletes and results: Alison Wyeth |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=14 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014175829/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40505 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Wyeth started coaching in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UK athletics stars move into coaching {{!}} NEWS {{!}} World Athletics|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/news/uk-athletics-stars-move-into-coaching|access-date=23 July 2021|website=worldathletics.org|archive-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723004648/https://worldathletics.org/news/news/uk-athletics-stars-move-into-coaching|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life== Wyeth was born in Southampton, England. She was once married to a fellow British runner, John Nuttall, but has since divorced. They have two children, Hannah Nuttall and Luke Nuttall, both of whom are runners as well.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HAHN AND SKINNER PRODUCE GOLDEN DISPLAYS AT THE EUROPEAN PARA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS |url=https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/hahn-and-skinner-produce-golden-displays-at-the-european-para-athletics-championships/ |access-date=23 July 2021 |website=British Athletics |language=en-GB |archive-date=22 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722235802/https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/hahn-and-skinner-produce-golden-displays-at-the-european-para-athletics-championships/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 April 2020 |title=Hannah Nuttall |url=https://golobos.com/roster/hannah-nuttall/ |access-date=23 July 2021 |website=University of New Mexico Lobos athletics |language=en-US |archive-date=23 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723003903/https://golobos.com/roster/hannah-nuttall/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |- |1987 |World Cross Country Championships |Warsaw, Poland |96th |Senior race (5.05 km) |18:26 |- |1989 |World Cross Country Championships |Stavanger, Norway |28th |Senior race (6 km) |23:43 |- |rowspan=3|1990 |Commonwealth Games |Auckland, New Zealand |11th |3000 m |9:23.12 |- |World Cross Country Championships |Aix-les-Bains, France |99th |Senior race (6 km) |21:09 |- |European Championships |Split, Yugoslavia |10th |3000 m |8:52:26 |- |rowspan=2|1991 |World Cross Country Championships |Antwerp, Belgium |36th |Senior race (6.425 km) |21:32 |- |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |11th |3000 m |8:44.73 |- |1992 |Olympic Games |Barcelona, Spain |9th |3000 m |9:00.23 |- |1993 |World Championships |Stuttgart, Germany |5th |3000 m |8:38.42 |- |rowspan=3|1994 |European Indoor Championships |Paris, France |6th |3000 m |9:04.35 |- |European Championships |Helsinki, Finland |6th |3000 m |8:45:76 |- |Commonwealth Games |Victoria, Canada |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |3000 m |8:47.98 |- |1995 |World Championships |Gothenburg, Sweden | – |5000 m |DNF |- |1996 |Olympic Games |Atlanta, United States |44th (h) |5000 m |16:24.74 |- |1998 |World Half Marathon Championships |Uster, Switzerland |67th |Half marathon |1:16:44 |}

==Personal bests== '''Outdoor''' *1500 metres – 4:03.17 (Monaco 1993) *One mile – 4:24.87 (Oslo 1991) *3000 metres – 8:38.42 (Stuttgart 1993) *5000 metres – 15:00.37 (London 1995) *Half marathon – 1:10:54 (The Hague 1998) *Marathon – 2:38:26 (Edinburgh 1999)

'''Indoor''' *3000 metres – 9:03.59 (Birmingham 1993)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Team GB|3AczVvQ1S11oM7W8aAmvAB}} * {{Olympics.com|alison-wyeth|org_archive=20201113101748}} * {{Olympedia}}

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