Allison Curbishley

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| name = Allison Curbishley

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| nationality = British (Scottish)

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|6|3}}

| birth_place= Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England

| height= 167 cm

| weight= 58 kg

| club = Edinburgh Woollen Mills

| sport = Women's athletics

| event= 400 m, 4 x 400 m

| show-medals = yes

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Allison Curbishley (born 3 June 1976) is a former British athlete from Stockton-on-Tees but who represented Scotland and specialised in the 400 metres. She competed at two Olympic Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cu/allison-curbishley-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025435/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cu/allison-curbishley-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Allison Curbishley |website=Sports-Reference}}

Biography

Curbishley became involved in a play scheme in the summer holiday when she was ten years old and this sparked Curbishley's interest in sport. Although athletics was the sport she eventually chose she also reached county standard in netball and field hockey.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Curbishly represented Great Britain in the 4 x 400 metres relay event.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68638 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=1 April 2025}}

Curbishley finished third behind Phylis Smith in the 400 metres event at the 1996 AAA Championships.{{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=1 April 2025}} In 1998, she became the British 400 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1998 AAA Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=1 April 2025 }}

Shortly after becoming AA Champion Curbishley represented Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Curbishley represented Great Britain in both the 400 metres and relay events.

She graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Sport and Exercise Sciences. During her career her knee was operated on six times, and the injury finally led to her retirement in 2003. She is now working in broadcasting for the BBC and her partner is fellow BBC commentator Steve Cram with whom she lives in Northumberland.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

International competitions

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{SCO}}
rowspan=2\|1994 \|rowspan=2\|World Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Lisbon, Portugal \|24th (h) \|400m hurdles \|66.68
8th \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:39.80
rowspan=3\|1997 \|World Student Games \|Catania, Italy \|bgcolor="gold" \| 1st \|400 m \|50.84
rowspan=2\|European U23 Championships \|rowspan=2\|Turku, Finland \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|400m \|50.85
bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:32.81
rowspan=2\|1998 \|Commonwealth Games \|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia \|bgcolor="silver" \| 2nd \|400 m \|50.71
European Championships \|Budapest, Hungary \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|4 × 400 m \|3:25.66

colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{SCO}}

rowspan=2|1994

|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Lisbon, Portugal

|24th (h)

|400m hurdles

|66.68

8th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:39.80

rowspan=3|1997

|World Student Games