Thelma Wright

Thelma Sonia Wright is a Canadian middle-distance runner. She competed in the 1500 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Biography

In 1970, Wright won a bronze medal at the 1970 International [Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships] in France, and a bronze at the Athletics at the 1970 [British Commonwealth Games|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. Later thay year in July 1974, Wright finished second behind Grete Andersen in the 1500 metres event at the British 1974 WAAA Championships.
In 1975, she won a silver medal in the 3000 metres at the Athletics at [the 1975 Summer Universiade|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 Athletics at the 1975 [Pan American Games|Pan Am Games] in Mexico City, 1975. She would also win seven Canadian Cross Country Championships during the 1970s. Wright also had two 4th-place finishes in the 1500 metres at the World Students Games in Moscow in 1973, and Rome 1975.