Angie Petty

Angie Petty
Personal information
Birth name	Angela Kate Smit
Full name	Angela Kate Petty
Born	16 August 1991 (age 32); Christchurch, New Zealand
Education	University of Canterbury
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Spouse	Sam Petty (m. 2014)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	800 m
Coached by	Danny Mackey
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing New Zealand
Summer Universiade

Angela Kate Petty (née Smit; born 16 August 1991) is a New Zealand middle-distance athlete.^[2]

Biography

Born in Christchurch in 1991,^[3] she was educated at Rangiora High School.^[4] In 2007, she won the New Zealand secondary schools 800 m title, clocking 2:11.42.^[4]

The following year Petty represented New Zealand in the 800 m at the World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland,^[5] finishing fourth in her semi-final in a time of 2:08.73,^[2] and she successfully defended her national schools 800 m title.^[6] At the Athletics Canterbury Awards in 2010, she was co-winner with Tom Walsh of the junior athlete of the year award.^[7]

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.^[2]

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.^[8]

Petty and Walsh were joint winners of Athletics Canterbury's athlete of the year award in 2013.^[9] 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,^[10] and backed it up two weeks later with 2:00.42 to finish fifth in the Diamond League meet in London.^[11] 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.^[12]

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.^[13]

Petty studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree in education at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch.^[14] In 2014, she married British triathlete Sam Petty.^[15]

Personal bests

Event	Time	Venue	Date
400 m	54.15^[16]	Mannheim, Germany	29 July 2016
600 m	1:26.72^[2]	Liège, Belgium	5 July 2012
800 m	1:59.06^[2]^[16]	Gwangju, South Korea	10 July 2015
1000 m	2:37.82^[2]^[16]	Chiba, Japan	15 August 2015
1500 m	4:07.83^[2]	Turku, Finland	29 June 2016
Mile	4:43.66^[16]	Wanganui, New Zealand	20 January 2014

References

^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Angela Smit Petty at World Athletics July 2008 – March 2015
^ "Angie Smit profile". Glasgow 2014. 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b 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. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ "Top athlete and UC student manages dual challenge". The University of Canterbury. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ Hinton, Marc (16 August 2015). "Diet change sees Kiwi athlete Angie Petty make big strides in 800m". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Athletics New Zealand Rankings: Angela Petty