UBC Kin alum, the 1973 Physical Education and 1974 Education graduate Thelma Wright, was announced Thursday as the 68th Canada West Hall of Fame inductee. She is the first addition of the New Year, as the conference continues its march to 100 inductees during the 2019-20 season.
The only UBC female track athlete to appear in two Olympics, Wright was one of the world’s top middle distance and cross-country runners in the 1970s.
Known as “The Mighty Atom”, Wright competed in both track and cross country at UBC, where she was part of three conference championships and two Canadian championship-winning teams between 1969 and 1974.
Wright represented Canada at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won consecutive bronze medals in the 1,500-metre at the 1970 and 1974 Commonwealth Games.