Yvonne Murray

Yvonne Murray

Medal record
Women’s Athletics
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	3,000 m
World Indoor Championships
	1993 Toronto	3,000 m
European Championships
	1990 Split	3,000 m
	1994 Helsinki	3,000 m
	1986 Stuttgart	3,000 m
Representing Scotland
Commonwealth Games
	1994 Victoria	10,000 m
	1990 Auckland	3,000 m
	1986 Edinburgh	3,000 m

Yvonne Murray MBE (born 4 October 1964 in Musselburgh, married name Yvonne Murray-Mooney), is a Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games, and gold medals at this distance at the 1993 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships. She also won a gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Murray won the bronze medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh for the 3000 m. She then went on to win the bronze medal at the 1986 European Championships. In 1987, she was the European indoor champion at 3000 m. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, she won a bronze medal for the 3000 m. In 1989, she won an excellent victory at a Grand prix in the 3000 m, and then added a World Cup victory to this. In 1990, she won a gold medal at the European Championships for the 3000 m. It was almost two major golds that year, but at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland, she was pipped by one second in the 3000 m by Angela Chalmers of Canada. However, she beat her countrywoman Liz McColgan in that race. In 1993, Murray won a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships, again over 3000 m. Then in 1994, she won silver at the European Championships, and then went on to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games, this time for the 10,000 m.

Murray was five-time Scottish outdoor champion. She was a UK champion at 3000 metres 1985 and 1987, and at 5000 metres in 1983. She was five-time AAA champion outdoors, and AAA indoor champion in 1984.

Murray was awarded an MBE in 1990. She was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame on 12 March 2007.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Scotland
1982	World Cross Country Championships	Rome, Italy	42nd
	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	10th	1500 m	4:16.59
			10th	3000 m	9:21.45
1983	World Cross Country Championships	Gateshead, United Kingdom	94th
1985	World Cross Country Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	42nd
1986	World Cross Country Championships	Neuchatel, Switzerland	38th
	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	5th	1500 m	4:14.36
			3rd	3000 m	8:55.32
1987	World Cross Country Championships	Warsaw, Poland	16th
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	4th	1500 m	4:09.54
			2nd	3000 m	8:39.46
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	1st	10 000 m	31:56.97
Representing Great Britain
1985	European Indoor Championships	Piraeus, Greece	3rd	3000 m	9:00.94
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	2nd	3000 m	9:01.31
	European Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	3000 m	8:37.15
1987	European Indoor Championships	Lievin, France	1st	3000 m	8:46.06
	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	5th	3000 m	8:48.43
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	heats	1500 m	4:07.83
			7th	3000 m	8:43.94
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	3rd	3000 m	8:29.02
1989	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	1st	3000 m	8:44.32
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	3000 m	8:43.06
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	10th	3000 m	8:44.52
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	8th	3000 m	8:55.85
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	3000 m	8:50.55
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	9th	3000 m	8:43.46
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	3000 m	8:36.48
	World Cup	London, United Kingdom	1st	3000 m	8:56.81
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden		10000 m	DNF

References

• Yvonne Murray at World Athletics