Duncan Clark (athlete)
Appearance
Medal record | ||
---|---|---|
Men's athletics | ||
Representing Great Britain | ||
European Championships | ||
1946 Oslo | Hammer throw | |
Representing Scotland | ||
British Empire Games | ||
1950 Auckland | Hammer throw |
Duncan McDougall Munro Clark (22 June 1915 – 8 July 2003) was an Olympic track and field athlete from Scotland. He was born in Greenock.
Clark specialised in hammer throw events during his career, representing Great Britain in two consecutive Olympic Games, starting in 1948. He claimed the gold medal for Scotland in the men's hammer throw event at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
Clark died on 8 July 2003 in Whakatane, New Zealand, aged 88.
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
Categories:
- 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