Alison Wyeth

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| name = Alison Wyeth

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|05|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Southampton, England

| height = 1.78 m{{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}}

| weight = 58 kg

| sport = Track and field

| event = Long-distance

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| club = Parkside Harrow AC

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Alison Wyeth (born 26 May 1964) is an English former middle and long-distance runner,{{World Athletics}} 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),{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002192/19930717/026/0026 |title=Panasonic AAA Championships |work=Sports Argus |date=17 July 1993 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 March 2025 }} 3000m (1989) and 5000m (1995), and twice won the UK Athletics Championships title at 1500 m (1990–91).{{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}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=29 March 2025 }} She represented England in the 3,000 metres event, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.{{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 }}{{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}} 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.{{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 }}{{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}}{{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 }}

Wyeth started coaching in 2001.{{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}}

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.{{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 }}{{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 }}

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

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)