Angela Tooby

Who is Angela Tooby?

Angela Tooby is a former British athlete who specialised in long-distance running. She is the twin sister of fellow athlete Susan Tooby.

She had her first successes in athletics in cross country running competitions. She competed at national level, winning the Welsh Cross-country Championships four times in 1984–1987 She ran at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1984, finishing in 8th position overall, and improved the following year by taking sixth place at the 1985 race. She had also begun to make an impact on the track, recording the fourth fastest 5000 metres run of 1984.

She was the 10,000 metres bronze medallist at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, and finished ninth in the 10,000 metres race at the European Athletics Championships that year. She ran the second-fastest 5000 m run of 1987. In the 10,000 m race at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, she finished ninth with a personal best of 31:55.30.