Dana Wright
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| Born | September 20, 1959 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Country | Canada |
| Sport | Women's athletics |
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Dana Wright (born September 20, 1959) is a Canadian former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres hurdles. She had personal bests of 57.35 seconds for the hurdles and 53.14 for the 400 metres sprint.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she attended and competed for Old Dominion University.[1][2] She placed third in the 400 m hurdles at the Canadian Athletics Championships in 1982, 1984 and 1985, with her best finish at the national level coming in 1987, when she was runner-up to Gwen Wall.[3]
She gained selection for both the hurdles and as the alternate heats runner for the Canadian 4×400 metres relay at the 1984 Olympic Games. She was eliminated in the qualifying rounds of the hurdles but helped the relay team into the final of the competition. Molly Killingbeck replaced her in the final and Canada won the silver medal in Wright's absence. She was a hurdles finalist at the 1987 Pan American Games (coming seventh) but this was her final international appearance and she retired from the sport soon after.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Dana Wright. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
- ^ "Carolina's Mand shatters Relays' vault mark". The News and Observer. 11 April 1982. p. 76. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS MEDALLISTS 1900-2012. Athletics Canada. Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games
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- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
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