Angie Thorp

Angela Caroline "Angie" Thorp (born 7 December 1972) is a female British 100 metres hurdler and sprinter.

Angie Thorp
Personal information
Full nameAngela Caroline Thorp
NationalityBritish
Born (1972-12-07) 7 December 1972
Wombwell, England
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres Hurdles, 4 × 100 metres relay
ClubWigan Harriers

Athletics career

Thorp competed in the 100 metres hurdles and women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]

She broke the British 100 metres hurdles record of 1992 Olympic Champion Sally Gunnell at the games, running a personal best time of 12.80 seconds in the semi-final finishing 5th. She therefore did not make one of the top four qualifiers for the final. However, the 3rd placed athlete in this semi-final, Nataliya Shekhodanova of Russia, was subsequently disqualified after the final for doping offences which meant that also after the final Thorp was retrospectively upgraded to 4th place in the semi-final.[2][3]

Thorp's British record stood for 15 years until it was broken in 2011 by Tiffany Porter. At the games she was a part of the British team which finished 8th in the 4 x 100 metres relay final.[4]

Thorp also won a British title in 1996 [5] and represented England in the 100 metres hurdles event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[6][7]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Angie Thorp Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. "1996 Atlanta 100m hurdles semi finals". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  3. "Thorp back on the blocks". Manchester Evening News.
  4. "All time rankings". Power of 10.
  5. "Athlete Profile". World Athletics.
  6. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
  7. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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