Personal information | |
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Birth name | Bronwen Cardy |
Nationality | English / British |
Born | Reddich, England, UK | 26 January 1952
Sport | |
Sport | Long-distance running |
Event(s) | 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres, half marathon |
Club | Bromsgrove & Redditch Athletic Club |
Bronwen Cardy-Wise (born 26 January 1952, née Cardy) is a British 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.
Cardy-Wise was a member of Bromsgrove & Redditch Athletic Club.[1] 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. [2] 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. [3]