Allison Curbishley (born 3 June 1976) is a former British

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

from

Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is on the northern banks of the River Tees, part of the Teesside built-up area. The town had an estimated ...

but who represented

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. She specialised in the 400m. A play scheme in the summer holiday when she was ten years old got Curbishley interested in sport and although athletics was the sport she eventually chose she also reached county standard in

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and

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

. She graduated from the

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

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

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and her partner is fellow BBC commentator

Steve Cram Stephen Cram, (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arr ...

with whom she lives in Northumberland.

International competitions

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Olympic Profile
* 1976 births Living people English people of Scottish descent Sportspeople from Stockton-on-Tees Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne Scottish female sprinters British female sprinters Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain European Athletics Championships medalists Alumni of the University of Birmingham Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Great Britain Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Olympic female sprinters Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{Scotland-athletics-bio-stub