| Doug Clement | |
| Sport: | Sprinting |
| Event: | 400 metres |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Doug Clement (born 15 July 1933) is a Canadian sprinter.[1] He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 440 yards relay at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games alongside Terry Tobacco, Joe Foreman, and Laird Sloan.[2] Clement attended the University of Oregon and University of British Columbia, where he obtained undergraduate and medical degrees respectively.[3] He was also responsible for the introduction of sports medicine to Canada.[4] Along with his wife, Diane, they have both been an integral part of athletics in British Columbia.[5]
Clement was born Montreal, Quebec, in 1933.[1] He attended the University of Oregon on a track scholarship in the 1950s.[1]
Clement competed at two Olympic Games.[4] At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he competed in the men's 400 metres, but finished in last place in his heat.[6] He was also part of the Canadian team for the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, with the team finishing in fourth place.[7] Four years later, at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Clement competed in the men's 800 metres, but again did not get out of the heats.[8] Once again, he was also part of the team for the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, finishing in fifth place.[9]
In between the two Olympic Games, Clememt also represented Canada at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver.[4] In the men's 4 × 440 yards relay,[10] he was part of the team that won the silver medal.[11] He then went to the University of British Columbia, studying for a medical degree, before retiring from sport in 1959.[1]
Clement went on to become a medical researcher, and taught at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia.[1] His wife, Diane also competed in the athletics events at the 1956 Summer Olympics,[12] with the two of them forming a track club in 1962.[13]
Clement has been inducted into the University of British Columbia Hall of Fame and the British Columbia Sports Halls of Fame,[14] along with being inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.[4] He was also made an Order of Canada in 1992.[1] In 2019, his wife was awarded with the Order of Canada too.[15]