Alison Wyeth (born 26 May 1964) is a female

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former middle and

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runner.

Athletics career

Wyeth represented Great Britain at the

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and

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, as well as at three World Championships, finishing 5th in the 3000 metres final at the 1993 World Championships. She won AAAs Championship titles at 1500m (1993), 3000m (1989) and 5000m (1995), and twice won the

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title at 1500 m (1990–91). She represented

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in the 3,000 metres event, at the

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. Four years later she represented

and won a

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in the 3,000 metres event, at the

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. Wyeth started coaching in 2001.

Personal life

Wyeth was born in

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, England. She was once married to a fellow British runner, John Nuttall, but has since divorced. They have two children, Hannah Nuttall and

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, both of whom are runners as well.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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– 4:03.17 (Monaco 1993) *

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– 4:24.87 (Oslo 1991) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

– 8:38.42 (Stuttgart 1993) *

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– 15:00.37 (London 1995) *

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– 1:10:54 (The Hague 1998) *

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– 2:38:26 (Edinburgh 1999) Indoor *

– 9:03.59 (Birmingham 1993)

References

1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Southampton British female long-distance runners English female long-distance runners British female marathon runners English female marathon runners British female cross country runners English female cross country runners Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{England-athletics-bio-stub