Pat Hooper
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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
- All results regarding marathon
| 1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 42nd[5][1] | 2:30:28 | 1 August |
| 1980 | Irish National Championships | Tullamore, County Offaly | File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver[6] | 2:19:53 | 8 July |
| 1979 | Irish National Championships | Tullamore, County Offaly | File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold[7] | 2:17:46 PB | 18 May |
| 1978 | European Championships | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 27th[8] | 2:20:29 | 3 September |
References
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- ↑ a b Pat Hooper at Sports Reference
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- ↑ Irish Times, 2 August 1980, pg. 3
- ↑ Irish Times, 9 July 1980, pg. 4
- ↑ Irish Times, 19 May 1979, pg. 13
- ↑ Irish Times, 4 September 1978, pg. 4
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- 1952 births
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- People from Raheny
- Irish male long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Ireland
- People educated at St Paul's College, Raheny
- Athletes from County Dublin
- 20th-century Irish sportsmen