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Clive Longe

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Clive Longe
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born(1939-02-23)23 February 1939
British Guiana
Died27 December 1986(1986-12-27) (aged 47)
Hamilton, Bermuda
Sport
SportAthletics
EventDecathlon

Clive Citrine Olaf Longe (23 February 1939 – 27 December 1986) was a British athlete.

Early life

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He attended Loughborough University.[1]

Career

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He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2] Competing for Wales, he won a silver medal in the decathlon at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

Personal life

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On Christmas Eve 1986, while he was Bermuda's national athletics coach, he killed his girlfriend, before killing himself two days later.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Birmingham Daily Post Tuesday 6 August 1968, page 34
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Clive Longe Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. ^ "December 31, 1986". Los Angeles Times. 31 December 1986. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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