Angie Petty
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| Birth name | Angela Kate Smit | ||||||||||||
| Full name | Angela Kate Petty | ||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Angie | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | New Zealander | ||||||||||||
| Born |
16 August 1991 Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800 m | ||||||||||||
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Angela Kate "Angie" Petty (née Smit; born 16 August 1991) is a New Zealand middle distance athlete.[1]
Biography
Born in Christchurch in 1991,[2] she was educated at Rangiora High School.[3] In 2007 she won the New Zealand secondary schools 800 m title, clocking 2:11.42.[3]
The following year Petty represented New Zealand in the 800 m at the World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland,[4] finishing fourth in her semi-final in a time of 2:08.73,[1] and she successfully defended her national schools 800 m title.[5] At the Athletics Canterbury Awards in 2010, she was co-winner with Tom Walsh of the junior athlete of the year award.[6]
She competed in the 800 m at the 2010 World Junior Championships, where she was again eliminated in the semi-finals, finishing in 2:05.51.[1]
At the 2012 New Zealand championships, she won the 800 m title and was second in both the 400 m and 1500 m. In July that year, she ran the 800 m in 2:00.67 at a meet in Heusden, Belgium, just failing to qualify for the New Zealand team for the 2012 Olympics.[7]
Petty and Walsh were joint winners of Athletics Canterbury's athlete of the year award in 2013.[8] In July 2013, she ran a personal best of 2:00.03 for 800 m in finishing fourth at the World University Games in Kazan,[9] and backed it up two weeks later with 2:00.42 to finish fifth in the Diamond League meet in London.[10] At the World Athletics Championships in Moscow the following month, she clocked 2:00.60 in finishing fourth in her 800 m heat and did not progress further.[11]
Petty represented New Zealand in the 800 m at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, finishing fifth in the final in a time of 2.01:94.[12]
Personal bests
| Event | Time | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 m | 54.39[13] | Timaru, New Zealand | 2 March 2014 |
| 600 m | 1:26.72[1] | Liège, Belgium | 5 July 2012 |
| 800 m | 1:59.06[1][13] | Gwangju, South Korea | 10 July 2015 |
| 1000 m | 2:37.82[1][13] | Chiba, Japan | 15 August 2015 |
| 1500 m | 4:07.83[1] | Turku, Finland | 29 June 2016 |
| Mile | 4:43.66[13] | Wanganui, New Zealand | 20 January 2014 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Angela Smit Petty profile at IAAF (July 2008 – March 2015
- ↑ "Angie Smit profile". Glasgow 2014. 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- 1 2 Maddaford, Terry (12 December 2007). "Westlake athlete smashes record". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ Dunbar, Tim (14 June 2008). "16-year-old takes world champs spot in her stride". The Press. p. 5.
- ↑ "Results at a glance". Timaru Herald. 14 December 2009. p. 14.
- ↑ "Athletes' awards". Timaru Herald. 14 June 2010. p. 18.
- ↑ "Adams' chief rival in form". The Press. 10 July 2012. p. 6.
- ↑ "Smit and Walsh share honour". Timaru Herald. 27 May 2013. p. 11.
- ↑ "Strong run in 800m". Nelson Mail. 10 July 2013. p. 22.
- ↑ "Strong showing for Smit in Diamond League debut". Radio New Zealand News. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ "Gutsy Smit so close". Timaru Herald. 16 August 2013. p. 13.
- ↑ "Angie Smit". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 Athletics New Zealand Rankings: Angela Petty