Angie Petty

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

Biography Born in Christchurch in 1991, she was educated at Rangiora High School. In 2007, she won the New Zealand secondary schools 800 m title, clocking 2:11.42. finishing fourth in her semi-final in a time of 2:08.73, At the Athletics Canterbury Awards in 2010, she was co-winner with Tom Walsh of the junior athlete of the year award.

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.

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

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.

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

Personal bests

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