Angela Brand-Barker

Angela Brand-Barker (née Carson) (born 3 August 1961[1]) is a British runner who was a national fell running champion and represented her country at the World Mountain Running Trophy.

Brand-Barker won the British Fell Running Championships in 1983, 1986, 1993 and 1994 and the English Championships in 1998.[2] She competed several times at the World Mountain Running Trophy. Her best performance at the global championships was a sixth place in 1988 when the event was held in Keswick.[3]

She has been considered the best female fell runner of her era in the "classic" fell races and among Brand-Barker’s victories are the Ben Nevis Race, the Isle of Jura, the Peris Horseshoe, Wasdale and the Snowdon Race.[4] She also holds the women’s record for the traverse of the Welsh 3000s, with a time of 5:28 set in 1989.[5]

Brand-Barker has also competed in mountain bike orienteering, being the British long distance champion in 2015[6] and a bronze medallist at the World Masters Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships in 2012.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Power of 10: Angela Brand-Barker.
  2. ↑ Steve Chilton, It's a Hill, Get Over It (Dingwall, 2013), 330-32.
  3. ↑ WMRA: World Mountain Running Trophy 1988.
  4. ↑ Graham Breeze, "Classic Fell Races Part 1: Il Campionissimo", The Fellrunner Magazine, Jun 2001, 8-11; Snowdon Race winners.
  5. ↑ 14peaks.com: The Record.
  6. ↑ British Mountain Bike Orienteering: League and Championship Winners.
  7. ↑ Cumbria Crack: Cumbrian Physio Wins Medal in Hungary.


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