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Angela Littlewood
Personal information
Full nameAngela Mary Littlewood
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1949-09-24) 24 September 1949 (age 75)
Nottingham, England
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventShot put / discus throw
ClubCambridge Harriers

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

Biography

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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

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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

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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

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  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
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