Duncan Clark (athlete)
Scottish hammer thrower
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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
Born in Greenock, Clark specialised in hammer throw events during his career, representing 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.[2]
Clark won two hammer throw titles (1950 and 1952) at the prestigious AAA Championships.[3]
Clark died on 8 July 2003 in Whakatāne, New Zealand, aged 88.
References
- 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
- Duncan Clark at Olympedia
- Duncan Clark at Team GB
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Commonwealth Games champions in men's hammer throw
- 1930: Malcolm Nokes (ENG)
- 1934: Malcolm Nokes (ENG)
- 1938: George Sutherland (CAN)
- 1950: Duncan Clark (SCO)
- 1954: Muhammad Iqbal (PAK)
- 1958: Mike Ellis (ENG)
- 1962: Howard Payne (ENG)
- 1966: Howard Payne (ENG)
- 1970: Howard Payne (ENG)
- 1974: Ian Chipchase (ENG)
- 1978: Peter Farmer (AUS)
- 1982: Robert Weir (ENG)
- 1986: Dave Smith (ENG)
- 1990: Sean Carlin (AUS)
- 1994: Sean Carlin (AUS)
- 1998: Stuart Rendell (AUS)
- 2002: Michael Jones (ENG)
- 2006: Stuart Rendell (AUS)
- 2010: Chris Harmse (RSA)
- 2014: Jim Steacy (CAN)
- 2018: Nick Miller (ENG)
- 2022: Nick Miller (ENG)
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