# Angie Thorp

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{{short description|British athlete (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Angie Thorp
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| nationality = British (English)
| sport       = Athletics
| event       = 100 metres Hurdles, 4 × 100 metres relay
| club        = Wigan Harriers
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1972|12|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Wombwell](/source/Wombwell), England
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| height      =170 cm 
| weight      =65 kg
}}

'''Angela Caroline Thorp''' (born 7 December 1972) is a female British 100 metres hurdler and [sprinter](/source/sprint_(running)) who competed at the [1996 Summer Olympics](/source/1996_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/angie-thorp-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041139/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/angie-thorp-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Angie Thorp Olympic Results |access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Thorp became the [British 100 metres hurdles champion](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_sprint_hurdles) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title at the [1996 AAA Championships](/source/1996_AAA_Championships).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=1 April 2025}}</ref>

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Thorp represented [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics) in the [100 metres hurdles](/source/100_metres_hurdles) and [women's 4 × 100 metres relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68797 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=1 April 2025}}</ref> She broke the British 100 metres hurdles record of 1992 Olympic Champion [Sally Gunnell](/source/Sally_Gunnell) at the games,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/angela-thorp-120005|title=Athlete Profile|website=World Athletics}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/womens-100-metres-hurdles-semi-finals.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173109/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/womens-100-metres-hurdles-semi-finals.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=1996 Atlanta 100m hurdles semi finals|website=Sports Reference}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/other-sport/athletics-thorp-back-on-the-blocks-1194627|title=Thorp back on the blocks|website=Manchester Evening News|date=17 February 2007 }}</ref> 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](/source/1997_AAA_Championships)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19970826/020/0020 |title=Athletics |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=26 August 1997 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 April 2025 }}</ref> and the [1997 British Athletics Championships](/source/1997_British_Athletics_Championships).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/waaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (women) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=1 April 2025 }}</ref>

Thorp represented [England](/source/England_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games) in the 100 metres hurdles event, at the [1998 Commonwealth Games](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games) in [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur), Malaysia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40179|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=20 January 2020|archive-date=17 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517012056/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40179|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Thorp's British record stood for 15 years until it was broken in 2011 by [Tiffany Porter](/source/Tiffany_Porter).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/rankings/rankinglist.aspx?event=100HW&agegroup=ALL&sex=W&alltime=y|title=All time rankings|website=Power of 10}}</ref> 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](/source/Jessica_Ennis) and [Sarah Claxton](/source/Sarah_Claxton) both had personal bests of 12.81s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/magazine/what-does-the-flag-mean-nationalism-and-the-olympics/ |title=What Does the Flag Mean: Nationalism and the Olympics |access-date=9 March 2021 |date=29 November 2012 |author=Gare Joyce |publisher=[Sportsnet](/source/Sportsnet)}}</ref> Ennis later took the British record at the [London 2012 Olympic Games](/source/London_2012_Olympic_Games).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/03/london-2012-jessica-ennis-heptathlon1 |title=London 2012: Jessica Ennis sets hurdles record to build heptathlon lead |access-date=9 March 2021 |date=3 August 2012 |publisher=Guardian News and Media|work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)}}</ref>

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