Yvonne Murray
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| Women’s Athletics | ||
Representing  Great Britain
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1988 Seoul | 3,000 m |
| World Indoor Championships | ||
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1993 Toronto | 3000 m |
| World Cup | ||
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1989 Barcelona | 3000 m |
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1994 London | 3000 m |
| European Championships | ||
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1990 Split | 3000 m |
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1994 Helsinki | 3000 m |
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1986 Stuttgart | 3000 m |
Representing  Scotland
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1994 Victoria | 10,000 m |
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1990 Auckland | 3000 m |
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1986 Edinburgh | 3000 m |
Yvonne Carole Grace Murray-Mooney MBE (née Murray, born 4 October 1964), 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. Her 3000 metres best of 8:29.02 set in 1988, still stands as the Scottish record (as of 2014).
Biography
Murray was born in Musselburgh, Scotland. She 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 to be at 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 the World Cup 3000 m in. In January 1990, at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland, she won silver in the 3000 m behind Canada's Angela Chalmers, with fellow Scot Liz McColgan third. Later that year, she won a gold medal at the European Championships in Split in the 3000 m. 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
Note: At the 1989 World Cup, Murray was representing Europe.
References
World Indoor Champions in women's 3000 metres | |
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| 3000 m (1974–94) |
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| 5000 m (since 1998) |
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European Athletics Indoor Champions in women's 3000 metres | |
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Commonwealth Games champions in women's 10,000 metres | |
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
- Scottish Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year
- People from Musselburgh
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Scottish Olympic medallists
- Scottish female middle-distance runners
- Scottish female long-distance runners
- Sportspeople from East Lothian
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)