Yvonne Murray

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).

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.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Scotland
1982	World Cross Country Championships	Rome, Italy	42nd	Senior race (4.663 km)	15:35.2
	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	Senior race (4.072 km)	15:45
1985	World Cross Country Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	42nd	Senior race (4.99 km)	16:13
1986	World Cross Country Championships	Neuchatel, Switzerland	38th	Senior race (4.65 km)	15:48.7
	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	Senior race (5.05 km)	17:24
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	—	10,000 m	DNF

Note: At the 1989 World Cup, Murray was representing Europe.