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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, a Canadian track and field athlete.

Angela Whyte, born on May 22, 1980, is a Canadian athlete. She is famous for running in hurdle races in track and field sports. Angela has competed in the Summer Olympics three times (2004, 2008, and 2016) in the 100-meter hurdles event. She has also won many medals at both the Pan American Games and the Commonwealth Games.

Angela was a top athlete in college. She was named an All-American four times. She also won five championships in the Big West Conference during her two years at the University of Idaho. She still holds school records in sprints, hurdles, jumps, and relays at both the University of Idaho and the University of New Mexico. Today, she works as an assistant track and field coach at Washington State University.

Angela Whyte's Early Life

Angela Whyte was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Angela's College Sports Career

Angela Whyte started her college sports journey at the University of New Mexico in 1999 and 2000. While there, she set new school records in several events. These included the 55-meter hurdles, 60-meter dash, 60-meter hurdles, and 100-meter hurdles. Her records in the 55m and 100m hurdles are still unbeaten at New Mexico. She also helped her team set a school record in the 4 × 100-meter relay race.

Moving to the University of Idaho

After the 2000 season, Angela moved to the University of Idaho. She competed for Idaho from 2001 to 2003. In 2001, she helped the Vandal women's track and field team win the Big West Conference title. At that championship, she earned 35.5 points for her team. She won titles in the 100m hurdles, long jump, and 4 × 100m relay. Because of her amazing efforts, she was named the Big West Women's Athlete of the Year.

Angela also did very well at national competitions. She qualified for the 2001 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in the 60m hurdles. Later, she earned All-America honors at the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. She finished third in the 100m hurdles. Her performance helped Idaho achieve its highest-ever team finish at the NCAA championships, placing 16th.

Returning to Competition in 2003

Angela took a break in 2002. She returned to competition in 2003 and once again led Idaho to another Big West Conference track and field title. At the 2003 Big West Conference Championships, Angela won individual titles in the 100m, 200m, and 100m hurdles. She also ran on Idaho's winning 4 × 100m and 4 × 400m relay teams. She was again honored as the Big West Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Year.

Angela continued to earn All-America honors. She finished eighth in the 60m hurdles at the 2003 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. At the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, she earned two more All-America certificates. She finished third in the heptathlon (a competition with seven different events) and seventh in the 100m hurdles. She also broke two Big West Conference records in the 100m hurdles that year.

Angela Whyte graduated from the University of Idaho in 2003. She earned a degree in Crime and Justice Studies. By the end of her college career, she held 10 individual school records at Idaho. She was also part of three relay teams that set school records. Many of these records still stand today. Even though she only competed for two seasons at Idaho, she scored the most points ever for the program at outdoor championship meets. In 2010, she was honored by being inducted into the Vandal Athletics Hall of Fame.

Angela's Professional Athletics Career

Angela Whyte had a successful professional career in track and field. She competed in the 2004 Olympic Games, finishing sixth in the 100m hurdles. At the 2008 Olympic Games, she placed 23rd overall.

She represented Canada at every World Championships in Athletics from 2001 to 2009. She was one of only two women to qualify for every 100m hurdles competition during that time. Her best result at the World Championships was in 2007 in Osaka, Japan, where she reached the final and finished eighth. She also made it to the semifinals in 2003 and 2005.

Commonwealth and Pan American Games Medals

Angela won a silver medal in the 100m hurdles at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She earned another silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She also represented Canada at the Pan American Games. She won a bronze medal in 2007 and a silver medal in 2011.

Canadian National Championships

Angela won her first Canadian national title in the 100m hurdles in 2001. She won her second Canadian title in 2013. She also finished as the national runner-up (second place) several times between 2003 and 2008. She placed third or fourth in other years. In 2006, she was also the national runner-up in the 200m race. While competing, Angela also volunteered as an assistant coach for the University of Idaho Track & Field team starting in 2005.

In July 2016, Angela Whyte was officially named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Angela Whyte's 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