{{short description|British long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Bronwen Wise<br>née Cardy | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Long-distance running | club = Bromsgrove & Redditch Athletic Club | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|01|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Redditch, England, UK | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = }}
'''Bronwen Wise''' née '''Cardy''' (born 26 January 1952) is a British retired long-distance runner. She competed in the half marathon for Britain at the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and was a regular winner of British half marathons during the 1980s and 1990s.
== Biography == Cardy was a member of Bromsgrove & Redditch Athletic Club<ref>{{cite web |title=Bromsgrove and Redditch AC Road Records |url=https://www.bromsgroveandredditchac.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Women-Road-5.pdf |website=www.bromsgroveandredditchac.org.uk |publisher=Bromsgrove and Redditch AC |accessdate=28 March 2019}}</ref> and finished second behind Joyce Smith in the 3,000 metres event at the 1971 WAAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19710718/021/0021 |title=Women's AAA Results |work=Sunday Sun (Newcastle) |date=18 July 1971 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 March 2025 }}</ref><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=6 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=6 March 2025 }}</ref>
She won many British domestic races during the eighties and nineties which led in 1993 to selection for the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. In a British team which included Suzanne Rigg, Marian Sutton, Sue Dilnot, Teresa Dyer she finished 59th in a time of 1:16:33.
Cardy-Wise continued running in Masters athletics competition taking part in the 2001 World Masters Athletics Championships in Brisbane while working as a Prison officer. <ref>{{cite web |author1=Will Buckley |title=Old legs in fast lane |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2001/jul/01/comment.willbuckley |work=The Guardian |accessdate=28 March 2019 |date=1 July 2001}}</ref> She came second in the W45 1500m in 4:56.24, winning both the 5000m in 17:34.37 and 10000m in 36:20.10. <ref>{{cite web |title=e 14th WAVA World Veterans' Athletics Championships |url=http://mastershistory.org/International-Results/brisbane01s.pdf |website=mastershistory.org |publisher=WAVA |accessdate=28 March 2019}}</ref>
== Road Racing competition record == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR}} |- |1987 |Wilmslow Half Marathon |Wilmslow, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold"|1st |Half Marathon |1:15:31 |- |1988 |Stroud Half Marathon |Stroud, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold"|1st |Half marathon |1:14:24 |- |1988 |1988 European Marathon Cup |Huy, Belgium |38th |Marathon |2:55:12 |- |1989 |Bath Half Marathon |Bath, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold"|1st |Half Marathon |1:15.20 |- |1989 |Great Bristol Half Marathon |Bristol, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold"|1st |Half Marathon |1:20.05 |- |1989 |Stroud Half Marathon |Stroud, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold"|1st |Half marathon |1:15:22 |- |1990 |Paddock Wood Half Marathon |Paddock Wood, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold"|1st |Half marathon |1:17:12 |- |1991 |Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon |Lake Vyrnwy, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half marathon |1:16.45 |- |1992 |Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon |Lake Vyrnwy, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half marathon |1:15.40 |- |1992 |Stroud Half Marathon |Stroud, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold"|1st |Half marathon |1:15:26 |- |1993 |World Half Marathon Championships |Brussels, Belgium |59th |Half Marathon |1:16:33 |- |1998 |Stroud Half Marathon |Stroud, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold"|1st |Half marathon |1:19:15 |- |1999 |Hastings Half Marathon |Hastings, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold"|1st |Half Marathon |1:22.01 |- |1999 |Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon |Lake Vyrnwy, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |Half marathon |1:18.34 |- |1999 |Stroud Half Marathon |Stroud, United Kingdom |bgcolor="gold"|1st |Half marathon |1:18:04 |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Power of 10 name|15312}} * {{World Athletics}} * {{ARRS name|3831}}
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