Angie Petty

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

Angie Petty

Personal information
Birth name	Angela Kate Smit
Full name	Angela Kate Petty
Born	(1991-08-16) 16 August 1991 Christchurch, New Zealand
Education	University of Canterbury[1]
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Spouse(s)	Sam Petty ( m. 2014)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	800 m
Coached by	Danny Mackey
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  New Zealand Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju 800 m

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

1. "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
2. Angela Smit Petty at World Athletics (July 2008 – March 2015
3. "Angie Smit profile". Glasgow 2014. 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
4. Maddaford, Terry (12 December 2007). "Westlake athlete smashes record". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
5. Dunbar, Tim (14 June 2008). "16-year-old takes world champs spot in her stride". The Press. p. 5.
6. "Results at a glance". Timaru Herald. 14 December 2009. p. 14.
7. "Athletes' awards". Timaru Herald. 14 June 2010. p. 18.
8. "Adams' chief rival in form". The Press. 10 July 2012. p. 6.
9. "Smit and Walsh share honour". Timaru Herald. 27 May 2013. p. 11.
10. "Strong run in 800m". Nelson Mail. 10 July 2013. p. 22.
11. "Strong showing for Smit in Diamond League debut". Radio New Zealand News. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
12. "Gutsy Smit so close". Timaru Herald. 16 August 2013. p. 13.
13. "Angie Smit". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2014. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
14. "Top athlete and UC student manages dual challenge". The University of Canterbury. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
15. Hinton, Marc (16 August 2015). "Diet change sees Kiwi athlete Angie Petty make big strides in 800m". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
16. Athletics New Zealand Rankings: Angela Petty