Don Wright (athlete)
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| Full name | Donald Ernest Wright | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 April 1959 (age 67) | |||||||||||||||||
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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. He was a two-time bronze medallist in at the Commonwealth Games in 1982 and 1986. 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 8 years after it was set. Peter gave up his athletics career to become one of Australia’s most accomplished astrophysicists.
References
- Don Wright at World Athletics
- Don Wright at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- Don Wright at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Don Wright at Olympics.com
- Don Wright at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Don Wright at Olympedia
- Don Wright at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Don Wright at InterSportStats
Categories:
- Living people
- 1959 births
- Australian men hurdlers
- Olympic athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- 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 sportsmen
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1981 Summer Universiade
- Olympic men hurdlers
- Australian athletics biography stubs