Susan Tooby

Susan Julia Wightman (née Tooby; born 24 October 1960) is a retired long-distance runner from Great Britain. Representing Wales, she finished sixth in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. She set her personal best of 2:31:33 in the marathon, when finishing 12th at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. 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.

Personal life

Born in Woolhope, Herefordshire, England, Wightman is the twin sister of 1988 World Cross Country silver medallist Angela Tooby. She is married to former distance runner Geoff Wightman. Their son Jake Wightman is also a runner.^[1]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Great Britain / Wales
1985	World Cross Country Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	29th	5 km	16:04
1986	World Cross Country Championships	Neuchatel, Switzerland	77th	4.7 km	16:08
1986	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
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	12th	Marathon	2:31:33
1990	European Championships	Split, SFR Yugoslavia	20th	Marathon	2:55:22

UK National Championship winners in women's 5000 metres
1982-1997	1982 Kath Binns 1983 Yvonne Murray 1984-85 Angela Tooby 1986-87 Not held 1988 Liz McColgan 1989 Susan Tooby 1990-93 Not held 1997 Paula Radcliffe

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