Duncan Clark (athlete)
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| Born | 22 June 1915 Greenock, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 July 2003 (aged 88) Whakatāne, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Greenock Royal Ulster Constabulary | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Duncan McDougall Munro Clark (22 June 1915 – 8 July 2003) was an Olympic track and field athlete from Scotland.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born in Greenock, Clark specialised in hammer throw events during his career and finished third behind Bert Healion in the hammer throw event at the 1938 AAA Championships[2][3] and the 1939 AAA Championships[4][5] before his career was interrupted by World War II.
He represented Great Britain in two consecutive Olympic Games, starting in 1948. He represented Scotland at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand and won the gold medal in the hammer throw competition.[6]
Clark won two hammer throw titles (1950 and 1952) at the prestigious AAA Championships.[7]
Clark died on 8 July 2003 in Whakatāne, New Zealand, aged 88.
References
[edit]- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Italian wins six-mile title". Western Mail. 16 July 1938. Retrieved 19 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 18 July 1938. Retrieved 19 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletics". Birmingham Daily Post. 8 July 1939. Retrieved 19 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "British Athletic Prestige enhanced in AAA Championships". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 10 July 1939. Retrieved 19 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1950 athletes". Team Scotland. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Duncan Clark". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011.
External links
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