Dick Hooper
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| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 August 1956 Dublin |
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| Height | 5'9" (174 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 150 lbs (68 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Marathon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||
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Richard ("Dick") Hooper (born 26 August 1956) is a former long-distance runner from Raheny, Dublin, Ireland.
Career [edit]
He represented Ireland in the Olympic marathon in Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988. He also represented Ireland four times in the European Championships - in Czechoslovakia 1978, Athens 1982, Stuttgart 1986 and Split 1990.
He is a three-time record-holding winner of the Dublin Marathon in 1980, 1985 and 1988 and he set his personal best time at the 1988 Irish National Championship in Wexford, clocking 2:12:19 finishing in 2nd place behind John Woods. He went on to win a record six national marathon championships winning his last in 1998 at the age of 42.
He is the younger brother of marathoner Pat Hooper.[1][2]
Achievements [edit]
- All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing  Ireland |
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| 1978 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Tullamore |  Gold |
(2:23:19)[3] |
| 1978 | 1978 European Championships in Athletics | Czechoslovakia | Unknown | unknown |
| 1980 | Dublin Marathon | Dublin | Gold |
(2:16:14) |
| 1980 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Tullamore | Gold |
2:16:27 [4] |
| 1980 | Moscow Olympics | Moscow | 38th place | 2:23:53 |
| 1981 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Cork | Gold |
2:15:37[5] |
| 1982 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Limerick | Gold |
2:12:56 [6] |
| 1982 | 1982 European Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon | Athens | 11th place | 2:20:51 |
| 1984 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Cork | Gold |
(2:14:39)[7] |
| 1984 | Los Angeles Olympics | Los Angeles | 51st place | 2:24:41[8] |
| 1985 | Dublin Marathon | Dublin | Gold |
2:13:48 |
| 1986 | Dublin Marathon | Dublin | Gold |
2:18:10[9] |
| 1986 | 1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon | Stuttgart | 16th place | 2:17.45 |
| 1987 | 1987 Dublin Marathon | Dublin |  Bronze |
unknown |
| 1988 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Wexford |  Silver |
2:12:19 PB[10] |
| 1988 | Seoul Olympics | Seoul | 24th place | 2:17:16[11][12] |
| 1990 | 1990 European Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon | Split | 23rd place | 2:32.36 |
| 1998 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Killenaule | Gold |
(2:22:08)[13] |
| 1998 | New York City Marathon | New York | 34th place | 2:22:46[14] |
References [edit]
- ^ sports-reference
- ^ My Club: Raheny Shamrock AC by IAN O'RIORDAN, published by The Irish Times - Monday, October 26, 1998
- ^ National Champions statistics
- ^ National Champions statistics
- ^ National Champions statistics
- ^ National Champions statistics
- ^ National Champions statistics
- ^ http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ssathm42.html
- ^ National Champions statistics
- ^ National Champions statistics
- ^ Irish Olympians
- ^ http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/stathm42.html#1988
- ^ National Champions statistics
- ^ 1998 New York Marathon results
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