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 AC Royal Ulster Constabulary AC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
After the war Clark finished second behind Hans Houtzager at the 1946 AAA Championships[6][7] and then won a bronze medal in the Hammer throw event at the 1946 European Athletics Championships.[1]
Third behind Imre Németh at the 1947 AAA Championships[8] was followed by another second place at the 1948 AAA Championships behind Norman Drake.[9] Representation for the Great Britain team ensued at the 1948 Olympic Games in London.[1]
He represented the Scotland team at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand and won the gold medal in the hammer throw competition.[10] A few months later he finally became British hammer throw champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1950 AAA Championships[8] and competed in the 1950 European Athletics Championships.
Clark represented the Great Britain team at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki[1] and won a second AAA title at the 1952 AAA Championships.[8]
Clark died on 8 July 2003 in Whakatāne, New Zealand, aged 88.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ "Swede first to win AAA title". Daily Herald. 20 July 1946. Retrieved 8 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA results". Daily News (London). 22 July 1946. Retrieved 8 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Mac Bailey Runs Two Fast 220's". Daily News (London). 3 July 1948. Retrieved 13 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1950 athletes". Team Scotland. 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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Commonwealth Games champions in men's hammer throw | |
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- 1915 births
- 2003 deaths
- Sportspeople from Greenock
- Scottish male hammer throwers
- British male hammer throwers
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics