Keith Angus
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1943-04-05) 5 April 1943 (age 82)
Sheffield, England
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportLong-distance running
Event
Marathon
ClubSheffield AC

Keith Angus (born 5 April 1943) is a British long-distance runner who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

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Angus competed for Sheffield Utd Harriers which later became Sheffield AC in 1975[2] Angus finished third behind Trevor Wright in the 10 miles event at the 1971 AAA Championships[3] and third again the following year at the 1972 AAA Championships.[4]

On 15th September 1971 Angus ran a 10k personal best at London in 28:45.8

Angus placed 4th at the 1972 English National Cross Country Championships[5] and later that year was part of the winning England team at the World Cross Country Championship.[6] He made one further appearance at the World Cross Country Championships in 1975, Rabat, Morocco.

Angus won the 1974 edition of the Košice Peace Marathon[7][8] in a field that included future double Olympic Champion Waldermir Cierpinski, Ron Hill and Jack Foster.[9] He moved to Nottingham in September 1974.[10] He then twice finished on the podium in the marathon event at both the 1975 AAA Championships and 1976 AAA Championships.[3]The 1976 AAA marathon also acted as the 1976 Olympic trial, it was ran on a warm and testing course at Rotherham, Angus set his personal best of 2:15.55[11] beating more fancied names that included the then world record holder Ian Thompson, Ron Hill and Bernie Plain.[12]

Angus won the 1975 CAU Intercounties 20 mile at Derby.[13] At the 1976 Olympics Games in Montreal, he represented Great Britain in the marathon.[14]

He was a teacher at Tapton House School in Chesterfield[15] where he resides.

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Keith Angus Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Sheffield UTD Harriers".
  3. ^ a b "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  4. ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Archived from the original on 8 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  5. ^ "1972 English National Cross Country Report". Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Keith Angus". Association of Road Racing Statisticians.
  7. ^ "Kosice International Peace Marathon". www.arrs.run. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Marathon Milestones". Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Košice results".
  10. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Wednesday 9 October 1974, page 34
  11. ^ "Marathon personal best".
  12. ^ "Olympic trial 1976".
  13. ^ "CAU (Inter-Counties) Championships (Other)". gbrathletics.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  14. ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Tapton house school".