Joan Page-Allison

{{short description|British middle-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Joan Page<br>née Allison<br /><small>{{nobold|{{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}}}</small> | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | sport = Athletics | event = Middle-distance running | club = Cambridge Harriers | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|6|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = | death_place = | height =168 cm | weight =55 kg | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver| 1970 Edinburgh | 1,500m}} {{MedalSilver| 1974 Christchurch | 1,500m}} }}

'''Joan Florence Page''' née '''Allison''' OBE (born 10 June 1947) is a retired British international middle-distance runner.

== Biography == Page competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/joan-page-allison-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041526/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/joan-page-allison-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Joan Page-Allison Olympic Results |access-date=19 October 2017}}</ref>

Page represented England and won a silver medal in the 1,500 metres, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970/athletes|title=1970 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970|title=Edinburgh, 1970 Team|publisher=Team England}}</ref> Page married shortly after the Games and competed as Allison thereafter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=Z1LDZPgqDCVM4RjBTb4CsA&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=24 January 2026|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref>

Allison finished second behind Rita Ridley in the 1500 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=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=6 March 2025 }}</ref>

Allison became the British 1500 metres champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1973 WAAA Championships.<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> The following year, Allison won a second silver medal in the 1,500 metres and finished fourth in the 800 metres at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40296|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1995 Birthday Honours for services to athletics.<ref name=GB>The United Kingdom:{{London Gazette |issue=54066 |date=16 June 1995 |pages=10 |supp=1}}</ref>

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