Susan Julia Wightman (née Tooby; born 24 October 1960) is an English born

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who represented Great Britain and Wales. She set her personal best of 2:31:33 in the

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, when finishing 12th at the

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Biography

Born in Woolhope,

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, England, Tooby is the

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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. 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

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, 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. They have three children, twin sons

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2016 EAC bios
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at the

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) and Sam, and a daughter, Martha.

International competitions

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wightman, Susan 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Herefordshire Welsh female marathon runners British female marathon runners Welsh female long-distance runners British female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics English twins Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games