Duncan Clark (athlete)

Duncan Clark

Personal information
Born	22 June 1915 Greenock, Scotland
Died	8 July 2003 (aged 88) Whakatāne, New Zealand
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hammer throw
Club	Greenock Royal Ulster Constabulary
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Great Britain European Championships 1946 Oslo Hammer throw Representing  Scotland British Empire Games 1950 Auckland Hammer throw

Duncan McDougall Munro Clark (22 June 1915 – 8 July 2003) was an Olympic track and field athlete from Scotland.^[1]

Born in Greenock, Clark specialised in hammer throw events during his career, representing Great Britain in two consecutive Olympic Games, starting in 1948. He represented Scotland at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand and won the gold medal in the hammer throw competition.^[2]

Clark won two hammer throw titles (1950 and 1952) at the prestigious AAA Championships.^[3]

Clark died on 8 July 2003 in Whakatāne, New Zealand, aged 88.

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Duncan Clark". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011.

• Duncan Clark at Olympedia
• Duncan Clark at Team GB

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