Thelma Wright Explained

Thelma Wright
Nationality:Canadian
Sport:Middle-distance running
Event:1500 metres, 3000 metres, cross country
Birth Date:9 October 1951

Thelma Wright (née Fynn; born 9 October 1951) is a Canadian middle-distance runner. She competed in the 1500 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] In 1970, Wright won a bronze medal at the World Cross Country Championships in France, and a bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh at 1500 metres.

In 1973, she won another bronze medal at the 1973 Pacific Conference Games in Toronto, in the 1500 metres, as well as at the Commonwealth Games in 1974, over the same distance. In 1975, she won a silver medal in the 3000 metres at the World Student Games in Rome, setting a Canadian Record of 8:54.94, which would ranked her 5th for the year. She would also win a silver medal in the 1500 metres at the Pan Am Games in Mexico City, 1975. She would also win seven Canadian Cross Country Championships during the 1970s.[2] Wright also had two 4th-place finishes in the 1500 metres at the World Students Games in Moscow in 1973, and Rome 1975.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Thelma Wright Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105921/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wr/thelma-wright-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 31 October 2017.
  2. Web site: BC Sports Hall of Fame. https://web.archive.org/web/20151017004613/http://www.bcsportshalloffame.com/inductees/inductees/bio?id=51&type=person. live. 17 October 2015. www.bcsportshalloffame.com. 25 December 2018.
  3. http://www.athletcis.ca/gilbert-richardson-brisco-wright-inducted-atheltics-canada-hall-of-fame/.