coach birth_place nationality name birth_date article_title birth_name
arch jelley christchurch , new zealand new zealand alison wright 01 december 1949 alison wright -lrb- athlete -rrb-
 alison joyce wright
alison wright -lrb- athlete -rrb-

alison joyce wright -lrb- born 1 december 1949 -rrb- is a former middle distance runner from new zealand who represented her country in the 1978 commonwealth games at 800m .
she was born in christchurch , new zealand and attended fairfield college in hamilton and victoria university in wellington , new zealand .
wright is the current holder of the new zealand 1000 meters record with a time of 2.38.54 set in the berlin olympic stadium on 17 august 1979 .
although not recognised as a record at the time it was eventually ratified over 25 years later .
in late 2011 , wright 's time of 4:16.7 from january 1981 was also ratified as the official new zealand women 's indoor 1500 meter record though it remained the record for only a few months until it was beaten early in 2012 by lucy van dalen .
wright was also the 1500 meters national champion of new zealand , scotland and the united kingdom -lrb- indoors -rrb- .
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 .
she achieved the 800 meter qualifying standard for the moscow olympic games .
her selection was affected by the international boycott of those games .
