Dave Clarke (runner) explained

Dave Clarke
Birth Date:1 January 1958
Birth Place:London
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Sport:Athletics
Club:Hercules Wimbledon Athletics Club

David Robert Clarke (born 1 January 1958) is a British former distance runner who competed over distances from the 1500 metres to the marathon. He represented Great Britain over 5000 metres at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics and the 1981 Summer Universiade.[1] [2]

He made twelve appearances at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships from 1977 to 1995. Individually, his performance came at the 1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he placed seventh overall. Clarke was a three-time silver medallist at the competition (1982, 1987, 1989) and also won a team bronze in 1992, sharing the honours with Mike McLeod, Hugh Jones, Julian Goater, Steve Kenyon, Karl Harrison, Carl Thackery, Kevin Forster, Steve Binns, Tim Hutchings, Gary Staines, Richard Nerurkar, and Eamonn Martin, among others.

Born in London, he attended Dulwich Prep London and then St Paul's School, London, where he took up running, as did his brothers Peter and Chris. Professionally, he worked as a labourer and hospital porter before becoming a history and physical education teacher.[3]

He ranked in the top twenty in the world over 10,000 metres in the 1982 season.[4] He shares the British record in the ekiden marathon relay, alongside Carl Thackery, Jon Solly, Mark Scrutton, and Karl Harrison, with a silver medal-winning time of 1:59:14 hours set at the 1986 IAAF World Challenge Road Relay.[5] [6]

In national competition he won the 5000 m title at the 1981 UK Athletics Championships,[7] and was runner-up in that event at the 1983 AAA Championships.[8] He won the English Cross Country Championships three times (1982, 1987, 1988) and won the British Cross Country Championships in 1992. He was also twice runner-up at the British race and a four-time runner-up at the English Championships.[9] He won the British Universities Cross Country Championships in 1981.[10] At sub-national level he won the 1984 title in the 3000 metres at the South of England Athletics Championships and the 5000 m inter-county race at the 1985 CAU Championships.[11] [12] On the professional circuit he won races including the Cross di Volpiano, Amatrice-Configno, Foulée Suresnoise, 1989 Stockholm Marathon and the Cross de Nantes.[13]

He continues to take part in the sport as a masters athlete, mostly in local parkruns, though he completed the 2016 London Marathon in 3:03:54 hours.[14]

International competitions

1977World Cross Country ChampionshipsDüsseldorf, West Germany23rdJunior race24:28
4thJunior team80 pts
1981World Cross Country ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain38thSenior race35:59
6thTeam312 pts
UniversiadeBucharest, Romania6th5000 m13:54.66
1982World Cross Country ChampionshipsRome, Italy9thSenior race34:19.4
bgcolor=silver2ndTeam114 pts
1983World Cross Country ChampionshipsGateshead, United Kingdom7thSenior race37:05
8thTeam318 pts
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland11th (semis)5000 m13:58.37
1985World Cross Country ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal26thSenior race34:23
8thTeam437 pts
1986World Cross Country ChampionshipsColombier, Switzerland16thSenior race36:14.4
8thTeam360 pts
1987World Cross Country ChampionshipsWarsaw, Poland10thSenior race37:10
bgcolor=silver2ndTeam146 pts
1989World Cross Country ChampionshipsStavanger, Norway15thSenior race40:56
bgcolor=silver2ndTeam147 pts
1992World Cross Country ChampionshipsBoston, United States20thSenior race37:52
3rdTeam147 pts
1993World Cross Country ChampionshipsAmorebieta-Etxano, Spain111thSenior race35:28
7thTeam353 pts[15]
1994World Cross Country ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary55thSenior race36:24
8thTeam444 pts
1995World Cross Country ChampionshipsDurham, United Kingdom77thSenior race36:17
9thTeam354 pts
1990International Chiba EkidenChiba, Japan6th10K28:20
5thMarathon relay2:02:05[16]

National titles

1979 (leg 4)

Circuit wins

1982, 1983

1983

1987

1989

1989, 1990

Personal bests

Notes and References

  1. http://todor66.com/athletics/world/1983/Men_5000m.html Men 5000m Athletics I World Championship 1983 Helsinki, Finland - Sunday 14.08 - Eamonn Coghlan, Ireland
  2. News: Final results . 9 February 2020 . . 26 July 1981.
  3. https://www.highgateharriers.org.uk/hh_aa_interviews.php?i=72#i72 Dave Clarke (The Great Runner from Hercules Wimbledon)
  4. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=8687&Gender=M Dave Clarke
  5. http://www.gbrathletics.com/uk/gbnatrec.htm United Kingdom National Records
  6. https://www.arrs.run/HP_WChRy.htm IAAF World Road Relay Championships
  7. http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/uk.htm UK Championships
  8. http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm AAA Championships (Men)
  9. http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/xc.htm British Cross Country Championships
  10. http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/busao.htm British Universities Championships (Other)
  11. http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/seaa.htm South of England Championships
  12. http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/cau.htm CAU Championships
  13. https://more.arrs.run/runner/3009/1/position/asc David Robert Clarke
  14. https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=278 Dave Clarke
  15. Non-scoring performance
  16. https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/issue/straitstimes19901218-1 Japan Clinch Marathon

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