Heather Matthews
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 (age 79–80) |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Track and field |
Medal record | |
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Heather Jean Matthews MBE (formerly Thomson; born 1946) is a New Zealand middle-distance runner.
She competed at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, winning a silver medal in the women's 3000 m.
In the 1980s, she turned to international road relays, and more recently has managed New Zealand road relay teams. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to athletics, in the 1988 New Year Honours.[1]
She is featured in the New Zealand short film On the Run training adjacent to the Auckland Airport.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- Athletes at the Games by John Clark, page 140 (1998, Athletics New Zealand) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Heather Matthews - Art tutor, article by Terry Moore
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Categories:
- New Zealand women middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics
- New Zealand athletics biography stubs