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| Born | 22 June 1915 Greenock, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 July 2003 (aged 88) Whakatane, 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]
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 Whakatane, New Zealand, aged 88.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
Commonwealth Games champions in men's
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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
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Scottish athletics biography stubs
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| Born | 22 June 1915 Greenock, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 July 2003 (aged 88) Whakatane, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Greenock Royal Ulster Constabulary | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Duncan McDougall Munro Clark (22 June 1915 – 8 July 2003) was an Olympic track and field athlete from Scotland. [1]
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 Whakatane, New Zealand, aged 88.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
Commonwealth Games champions in men's
hammer throw | |
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|
|
| This biographical article relating to Scottish athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 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
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Scottish athletics biography stubs