Angie Petty

Angie Petty
Personal information
Birth name Angela Kate Smit
Full name Angela Kate Petty
Nickname(s) Angie
Nationality New Zealander
Born (1991-08-16) 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

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Angela Smit Petty profile at IAAF (July 2008 – March 2015
  2. "Angie Smit profile". Glasgow 2014. 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 Maddaford, Terry (12 December 2007). "Westlake athlete smashes record". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  4. Dunbar, Tim (14 June 2008). "16-year-old takes world champs spot in her stride". The Press. p. 5.
  5. "Results at a glance". Timaru Herald. 14 December 2009. p. 14.
  6. "Athletes' awards". Timaru Herald. 14 June 2010. p. 18.
  7. "Adams' chief rival in form". The Press. 10 July 2012. p. 6.
  8. "Smit and Walsh share honour". Timaru Herald. 27 May 2013. p. 11.
  9. "Strong run in 800m". Nelson Mail. 10 July 2013. p. 22.
  10. "Strong showing for Smit in Diamond League debut". Radio New Zealand News. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  11. "Gutsy Smit so close". Timaru Herald. 16 August 2013. p. 13.
  12. "Angie Smit". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Athletics New Zealand Rankings: Angela Petty
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