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Dick Hooper

Dick Hooper

Irish long-distance runner and Olympian

Richard Hooper (born 26 August 1956) is a former long-distance runner from Raheny, Dublin, Ireland.

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Career

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] and, having had a career in banking, also worked as a coach, and an athletics commentator on Setanta Sports and Irish TV.

Achievements

  • All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
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References

  1. [1]
    sports-reference Archived 2010-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    My Club: Raheny Shamrock AC by IAN O'RIORDAN, published by The Irish Times - Monday, October 26, 1998
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    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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    Irish Times, 19 June 1978, pg. 4
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    Irish Times, 4 September 1978, pg. 4
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    Irish Times, 19 May 1980, pg. 4
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    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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    Irish Times, 2 August 1980, pg. 3
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    Mens Marathon at Sports Reference
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    Irish Times, 8 June 1981, pg. 4
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    Irish Times, 7 June 1982, pg. 4
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    Irish Times, 13 September 1982, pg. 3
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    Irish Times, 24 April 1984, pg. 3
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    Placed 2nd in race, but awarded the National Marathon title after Jerry Kiernan was disqualified for breaking the IAAF rule regarding the size of advertising lettering on his singlet
  15. [15]
    Mens Marathon at Sports Reference
  16. [16]
    Irish Times, 28 October 1985, pg. 1 and pg. 3
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    Irish Times, 27 October 1986, pg. 3
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    Irish Times, 1 September 1986, pg. 3
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    Irish Times, 26 October 1987, pg. 5
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    Irish Times, 25 April 1988, pg. 5
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    Mens Marathon at Sports Reference
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    Irish Times, 3 October 1988, pg. 7
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    1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's Marathon
  24. [24]
    Irish Times, 2 September 1990, Sport pg. 5
  25. [25]
    Irish Times, 20 April 1998, pg A4
  26. [26]
    Irish Times, 2 November 1998, pg. A3


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