Angela Mary Littlewood (born 24 September 1949 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire) is a female retired English shot putter.

Biography

Littlewood attended Clifton Hall Girls' Grammar School.[1] She played at left inner for Sherwood Juniors hockey team and was the all-England school champion at shot put.[2] She lived on Bramhall Road in Bilborough, the daughter of Betty Littlewood, a Labour councillor on Nottingham City Council. She wanted to become a PE teacher or go to physiotherapy college.[3]

Littlewood went to Nonington College of Physical Education in Nonington, Kent, to be a PE teacher and was elected as the college's first ever Sabbatical officer in 1972.[4]

In 1974 she played netball for the county, with Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough.[5] In 1975 she returned to competition, after injury. She moved from Nottingham in 1976 to teach in London.

Athletics career

Littlewood became the British shot put champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1978 WAAA Championships.[6]

Shortly afterwards Littlewood represented England in the shot put event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.[7]

At the 1980 Olympics Games in Moscow, she represented Great Britain and set a personal best of 17.53 metres.[8] This placed her fifth on the British outdoor all-time list, behind Judy Oakes, Myrtle Augee, Meg Ritchie and Venissa Head. It was the British record at the time.[9]

In 1980 she was the first British woman to throw over 17 metres, at shot put[10] and in 1981 regained the WAA title at the 1981 WAAA Championships.[11]

Four years later she represented England again in the shot put event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia.[12][13]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
1978 Commonwealth Games Edmonton, Canada 5th [14]
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, Soviet Union 13th 17.53 NR[15]
1982 Commonwealth Games Brisbane, Australia 5th

References

  1. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Tuesday 11 July 1967, page 14
  2. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Saturday 26 August 1967
  3. ^ Nottingham Guardian Saturday 24 August 1968, page 5
  4. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Wednesday 18 October 1972, page 1
  5. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Friday 25 October 1974, page 43
  6. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  7. ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
  8. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Angela Littlewood". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  9. ^ UK All-Time Lists: Women - Throws - GBR Athletics
  10. ^ Lincolnshire Echo Monday 23 June 1980, page 10
  11. ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  12. ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  13. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019.
  14. ^ 1978 Commonwealth Games, women's athletics results Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Sporting Heroes
  15. ^ Women Shot Put Olympic Games Moscow 1980
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Littlewood
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