Angie Thorp
Angela Caroline "Angie" Thorp is a female British 100 metres hurdler and sprinter.Athletics career
Thorp competed in the 100 metres hurdles and women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
She broke the British 100 metres hurdles record of 1992 Olympic Champion Sally Gunnell at the games, 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.
Thorp's British record stood for 15 years until it was broken in 2011 by Tiffany Porter. At the games she was a part of the British team which finished 8th in the 4 x 100 metres relay final.
Thorp also won a British title in 1996 and represented England in the 100 metres hurdles event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
