Bronwen Cardy-Wise

Bronwen Wise née Cardy is a British retired long-distance runner. She competed in the half marathon for Britain at the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and was a regular winner of British half marathons during the 1980s and 1990s.

Biography

Cardy was a member of Bromsgrove & Redditch Athletic Club and finished second behind Joyce Smith in the 3,000 metres event at the 1971 WAAA Championships.
She won many British domestic races during the eighties and nineties which led in 1993 to selection for the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. In a British team which included Suzanne Rigg, Marian Sutton, Sue Dilnot, Teresa Dyer she finished 59th in a time of 1:16:33.
Cardy-Wise continued running in Masters athletics competition taking part in the 2001 World Masters Athletics Championships in Brisbane while working as a Prison officer. She came second in the W45 1500m in 4:56.24, winning both the 5000m in 17:34.37 and 10000m in 36:20.10.