Pat Hooper Explained

Pat Hooper
Nationality:Irish
Sport:Running
Event:Marathon
Club:Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club
Birth Date:1952 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Raheny, Dublin, Ireland
Height:5'11" (180 cm)
Weight:150 lbs (68 kg)

Patrick Hooper (12 May 1952 – 9 October 2020) was an Olympian and long-distance runner from Raheny, Dublin, Ireland.

Career

He represented Ireland in the marathon at European and Olympic level.[1] His marathon personal best time was 2:17:46.[2] He was the older brother of three-time Olympian and marathoner Dick Hooper.[3] After his retirement from active competition, Hooper remained extremely active in the sport, as a long-serving committee member of his club, Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club, and as a member of the Dublin and Leinster Athletics Boards.

Hooper died on 9 October 2020, aged 68, of a suspected heart attack.[4]

Achievements

1980Moscow, Soviet Union42nd[5] 2:30:281 August
1980Irish National Championships Tullamore, County Offaly[6] 2:19:538 July
1979Irish National Championships Tullamore, County Offaly[7] 2:17:46 PB18 May
1978Prague, Czechoslovakia27th[8] 2:20:293 September

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123113/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/pat-hooper-1.html Pat Hooper at Sports Reference
  2. Web site: Untitled.
  3. News: O'Riordan . Ian . Sudden death of 1980 Olympian Pat Hooper, aged 68 . 9 October 2020 . Irish Times.
  4. News: 9 October 2020 . Olympian and athletics stalwart Pat Hooper dies aged 68 . Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) . 21 October 2020.
  5. Irish Times, 2 August 1980, pg. 3
  6. Irish Times, 9 July 1980, pg. 4
  7. Irish Times, 19 May 1979, pg. 13
  8. Irish Times, 4 September 1978, pg. 4