Angie Thorp

Angela Caroline Thorp (born 7 December 1972) is a female British 100 metres hurdler and sprinter who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Angie Thorp

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1972-12-07) 7 December 1972 (age 52) Wombwell, England
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres Hurdles, 4 × 100 metres relay
Club	Wigan Harriers

Biography

Thorp became the British 100 metres hurdles champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1996 AAA Championships.^[2]

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Thorp represented Great Britain in the 100 metres hurdles and women's 4 × 100 metres relay events.^[3] She broke the British 100 metres hurdles record of 1992 Olympic Champion Sally Gunnell at the games,^[4] 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.^[5][6] At the games she was also a part of the British team which finished 8th in the 4 x 100 metres relay final.

In 1997, Thorp won both the AAA title at the 1997 AAA Championships^[7] and the 1997 British Athletics Championships.^[8]

Thorp represented England in the 100 metres hurdles event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[9][10]

Thorp's British record stood for 15 years until it was broken in 2011 by Tiffany Porter.^[11] Thorp said that she was "devastated" at losing her record to an American-born athlete. She said that she would have congratulated an established British athlete who took her record; at the time Jessica Ennis and Sarah Claxton both had personal bests of 12.81s.^[12] Ennis later took the British record at the London 2012 Olympic Games.^[13]