Susan Wightman

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Susan Wightman
née Tooby
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1960-10-24) 24 October 1960 (age 65)
Woolhope, England
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
long distance
ClubCardiff AAC

Susan Julia Wightman (née Tooby; born 24 October 1960)[1] is an English born long-distance runner who represented Great Britain and Wales. She set her personal best of 2:31:33 in the marathon, when finishing 12th at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.[2]

Biography

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Born in Woolhope, Herefordshire, England, Tooby is the twin sister of 1988 World Cross Country silver medallist Angela Tooby.

Tooby finished third behind Debbie Peel in the 3,000 metres event at the 1983 WAAA Championships.[3][4][5]

Tooby finished sixth in the 10,000 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, where in the same race her sister Angela won a bronze medal.

At the 1988 Great North Run, she became the first British woman to run a sub-70-minute half-marathon, running 69:46 to finish second behind Greta Waitz. This would stand as the UK record until 1991 when Liz McColgan ran 69:15.

In 1991, she married distance runner and marathoner Geoff Wightman, now a long-time media commentator on athletics. Susan competed under her married name of Wightman thereafter.[6][7][8] They have three children, twin sons Jake[9] (the winner of the 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships[10]) and Sam, and a daughter, Martha.

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain / File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
1985 World Cross Country Championships Lisbon, Portugal 29th 5 km 16:04
1986 World Cross Country Championships Neuchâtel, Switzerland 77th 4.7 km 16:08
Commonwealth Games Edinburgh, United Kingdom 6th 10,000m 32:56.78
1987 World Cross Country Championships Warsaw, Poland 45th 5.1 km 17:54
1988 World Cross Country Championships Auckland, New Zealand 16th 6.0 km 19:56
Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 12th Marathon 2:31:33
1990 European Championships Split, SFR Yugoslavia 20th Marathon 2:55:22

References

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