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Angela Whyte

Personal information
Born	(1980-05-22) 22 May 1980 (age 45) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Sport
Sport	100 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	55 meters: 7.01, 2001 60 meters: 7.36 Pullman, 2008 100 meters: 11.57 Northridge, 2003 200 meters: 23.74 Northridge, 2003 55m hurdles: 7.48 Kearns, 2003 60m hurdles: 7.92 Moscow, 2008 100m hurdles: 12.64 Carson, 2007 100m hurdles: 12.52w (+3.1) Edmonton, 2013 400m hurdles: 58.74 London, 2001 long jump: 6.23 m Azusa, 2014 heptathlon: 6080 Moscow, 2007
Medal record Representing  Canada Commonwealth Games Silver 2006 Melbourne 100m hurdles Silver 2010 Delhi 100m hurdles Bronze 2014 Glasgow 100m hurdles Pan American Games Silver 2011 Guadalajara 100m hurdles Bronze 2007 Rio de Janeiro 100m hurdles

Angela Whyte (born on May 22, 1980) is a Canadian athlete. She is famous for hurdling in track and field events. Angela has competed in the 100 metres hurdles at the Summer Olympics three times (in 2004, 2008, and 2016). She has also won many medals at the Pan American Games and the Commonwealth Games.

Angela was a top student-athlete in college. She earned "All-American" honors four times. She also won five championships in the Big West Conference. She set many school records in different running and jumping events. Today, she helps coach track and field at Washington State University.

About Angela

Angela Whyte was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

College Sports Career

Angela started her college sports journey at the University of New Mexico in 1999. She set several school records there. These included records in the 55m hurdles, 60m dash, and 100m hurdles. She also helped her team set a record in the 4x100m relay race.

In 2001, Angela moved to the University of Idaho. She quickly became a star athlete there. She helped her team win the Big West Conference title in 2001. Angela won three individual titles at that championship. She was named the Big West Women's Athlete of the Year. She also earned "All-America" honors for finishing third in the 100m hurdles at the NCAA Championships.

After a break in 2002, Angela returned even stronger in 2003. She helped Idaho win another Big West Conference title. She won five more titles at the championship that year. Angela earned two more "All-America" honors in 2003. She set new records in the 100m hurdles for the Big West Conference.

Angela graduated from the University of Idaho in 2003. She studied Crime and Justice. She held 10 individual school records and helped set three relay records. Many of these records still stand today. In 2010, she was honored by being added to the Vandal Athletics Hall of Fame.

Professional Sports Career

Angela Whyte became a professional athlete after college. She competed in the Summer Olympics three times. In 2004, she finished sixth in the 100m hurdles at the Athens Olympics. She also competed in the 2008 and 2016 Olympics.

She represented Canada at the World Championships in Athletics many times. Her best finish was eighth place in 2007 in Osaka, Japan. Angela was one of only two women to compete in every World Championship in the 100m hurdles from 2001 to 2009.

Angela won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games. She earned silver in the 100m hurdles in 2006 and 2010. She also won a bronze medal in 2014. At the Pan American Games, she won a bronze medal in 2007 and a silver medal in 2011.

Angela won the Canadian national title in the 100m hurdles in 2001 and 2013. She also finished second or third many times at the Canadian Championships. While still competing, Angela also started helping coach track and field at the University of Idaho. In July 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team for the Rio Games.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Canada
1999	Pan American Junior Championships	Tampa, United States	5th	100 m hurdles	14.05
2000	NACAC U25 Championships	Monterrey, Mexico	3rd	100 m hurdles	14.14 (-1.8 m/s)
2001	Jeux de la Francophonie	Ottawa, Canada	4th	100 m hurdles	13.09
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	27th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.38
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	5th	100 m hurdles	13.17
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	12th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.89
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	5th	100 m hurdles	12.94
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	21st (h)	60 m hurdles	8.17
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	6th	100 m hurdles	12.81
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	22nd (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.52
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.94
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.72
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	8th	100 m hurdles	12.66
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	23rd (h)	60 m hurdles	8.16
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	23rd (h)	100 m hurdles	13.11
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	26th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.27
2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.98
2011	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.09
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	6th	100 m hurdles	12.78
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.02
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	5th	60 m hurdles	7.99
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	30th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.09
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	30th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.23
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	25th (h)	60 m hurdles	8.21
	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	5th	Heptathlon	5898

See Also

• Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Images for kids

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  Angela Whyte in a posed hurdle position.