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{{Short description|Irish born athlete and greyhound racing trainer}}
{{other people||Peter McArdle (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
|birth_date=22 March 1929
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|death_date=24 June 1985 (aged 56)
|medaltemplates={{Medal|Sport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country | the {{USA}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games|1963 São Paulo]] | 10,000 metres}} 
{{Medal|Bronze| [[Athletics at the 1963 Pan American Games|1963 São Paulo]] | Marathon}} 
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'''Peter Joseph McArdle''' (22 March 1929 – 24 June 1985) was an Irish born [[long-distance runner]] who became a U.S. citizen, taking a gold medal for the United States at the [[1963 Pan American Games]] in [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]].

==Ireland==
As a resident of [[Blackrock, County Louth]] he trained at the [[Blackrock, County Louth#Greyhound racing|greyhound track]] on Sandy Lane and in athletics he won twelve National titles between 1951 and 1956 before emigrating to the United States in 1956.<ref name=II>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/argus/news/a-remarkable-man-26900536.html|title=A remarkable man|date=23 June 2005 |publisher=Irish Independent}}</ref>

==United States==
McArdle was selected for the United States team for the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]]. He completed in the [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon]] in a time of 2.25 finishing in 23rd place.<ref name=II/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EFDE1E39F934A15755C0A963948260 Obituary NYT]
* {{SR/Olympics profile|mc/peter-mcardle-1|Peter McArdle}}

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[[Category:1929 births]]
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[[Category:American male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic track and field athletes for the United States]]
[[Category:Irish emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:Irish male long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Irish male marathon runners]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Dundalk]]
[[Category:Athletes from County Louth]]
[[Category:Irish greyhound racing trainers]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]
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