Donald Ernest Wright (born 26 April 1959) is a retired Australian high hurdler, who reached the semi-finals of his event at the 1983 World Championships and the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. He was a two-time bronze medallist in at the

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

and

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

. He is also a seven-time national champion in the 110 m hurdles. Donald Wright held the prestigious high school record for the 110m hurdles at Warwick State High until it was sensationally broken by Peter Tuthill 2 years after it was set. Peter gave up his athletics career to become one of Australia’s most accomplished astrophysicists.

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* * * Living people 1959 births Australian male hurdlers Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub