| Neil Wilson | |
| Birth Name: | Neil Thomas Osborne Wilson |
| Birth Date: | 8 April 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Epsom, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Motueka, New Zealand |
| Spouse: | Raewyn Joy Clark (d. 2014) |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Nationals: | 880 yards champion (1951) |
Neil Thomas Osborne Wilson (8 April 1930 – 14 August 2023) was a New Zealand runner who represented his country at the 1950 British Empire Games.
Wilson was born in the Auckland suburb of Epsom on 8 April 1930, the son of Lois Annabell Rona Wilson (née Knight) and Allan Baxter Wilson.[1] [2] He was educated at King's College, Auckland.[3]
Wilson gained national attention as a junior, winning the national men's under-19 880 yards title in both 1948 and 1949, and the national men's under-19 1 mile title in 1949. He also won the national men's under-19 cross-country championship in 1948.[4]
At the 1950 British Empire Games, Wilson competed in the men's 880 yards. He ran second in his heat, recording a personal-best time of 1:53.2,[5] and advanced to the final, where he ran a time of 1:53.7 to finish in fourth place.[6]
In 1951, Wilson won the New Zealand national men's 880 yards championship title in a time of 1:56.1.[4]
Wilson married Raewyn Joy Clark in about 1955, and the couple went on to have two children.[7] Wilson died in Motueka on 14 August 2023, at the age of 93,[8] having been predeceased by his wife, Raewyn Wilson, in 2014.[9]