Angela Caroline Thorp (born 7 December 1972) is a female British 100 metres hurdler and sprinter.
[1] 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.
[2][3] At the games she was also a part of the British team which finished 8th in the 4 x 100 metres relay final.
Thorp won a British title in 1996 [4] and represented England in the 100 metres hurdles event, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
She said that she would have congratulated an established British athlete who took her record; at the time Jessica Ennis and Sarah Claxton both had personal bests of 12.81s.