Alison Wright (athlete)
She attended Fendalton Open Air School in Christchurch, Fairfield College in Hamilton and Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.[citation needed] Wright was the holder of the New Zealand 1000 meters record with a time of 2.38.54[1] set in the Berlin Olympic Stadium on 17 August 1979 until Angie Petty ran 2.37.28 in Tokyo in 2015.Wright was also the 1500 meters national champion of New Zealand, Scotland and the United Kingdom (indoors).Wright represented Oceania in the 1979 World Cup Finals in Montreal, Canada.She represented Scotland in the World Cross Country Championships in Madrid in 1981 and the United Kingdom in dual meets in 1981 and 1982.