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Dick Hooper
Personal information
Nationality	Irish
Born	26 August 1956 (age 68); Dublin
Height	5 ft 9 in (174 cm)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event	Marathon
Club	Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club
Medal record
Representing Ireland
Men’s Athletics
Dublin Marathon

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

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Ireland
1978	Irish National Marathon Championship	Tullamore	Gold	2:23:19^[3]^[4]	18 June 1978
1978	1978 European Championships in Athletics	Prague	29th	2:21:01^[5]	3 September 1978
1980	Dublin Marathon	Dublin	Gold	2:16:14	26 October 1980
1980	Irish National Marathon Championship	Tullamore	Gold	2:16:27^[3]^[6]	8 July 1980
1980	Moscow Olympics	Moscow	38th place	2:23:53^[7]^[8]^[9]	1 August 1980
1981	Irish National Marathon Championship	Cork	Gold	2:15:37^[3]^[10]	7 June 1981
1982	Irish National Marathon Championship	Limerick	Gold	2:12:56^[3]^[11]	6 June 1982
1982	1982 European Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon	Athens	11th place	2:20:51^[12]	12 September 1982
1984	Irish National Marathon Championship	Cork	Gold	2:14:39^[3]^[13]^[14]	23 April 1984
1984	Los Angeles Olympics	Los Angeles	51st place	2:24:41^[7]^[15]	12 August 1984
1985	Dublin Marathon	Dublin	Gold	2:13:48^[16]	27 October 1985
1986	Dublin Marathon	Dublin	Gold	2:18:10^[17]	26 October 1986
1986	1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon	Stuttgart	16th place	2:17.45^[18]	30 August 1986
1987	1987 Dublin Marathon	Dublin	Bronze	2:14:36^[19]	25 October 1987
1988	Irish National Marathon Championship	Wexford	Silver	2:12:19 PB^[3]^[20]	24 April 1988
1988	Seoul Olympics	Seoul	24th place	2:17:16^[7]^[21]^[22]	2 October 1988
1990	1990 European Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon	Split	23rd place	2:32.36^[23]^[24]	1 September 1990
1998	Irish National Marathon Championship	Killenaule	Gold	(2:22:08)^[3]^[25]	19 April 1998
1998	New York City Marathon	New York City	34th place	2:22:46^[26]	1 November 1998

References

^ sports-reference Archived 2010-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ My Club: Raheny Shamrock AC by IAN O'RIORDAN, published by The Irish Times - Monday, October 26, 1998
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "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)
^ Irish Times, 19 June 1978, pg. 4
^ Irish Times, 4 September 1978, pg. 4
^ Irish Times, 19 May 1980, pg. 4
^ ^a ^b ^c "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)
^ Irish Times, 2 August 1980, pg. 3
^ Mens Marathon at Sports Reference
^ Irish Times, 8 June 1981, pg. 4
^ Irish Times, 7 June 1982, pg. 4
^ Irish Times, 13 September 1982, pg. 3
^ Irish Times, 24 April 1984, pg. 3
^ 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
^ Mens Marathon at Sports Reference
^ Irish Times, 28 October 1985, pg. 1 and pg. 3
^ Irish Times, 27 October 1986, pg. 3
^ Irish Times, 1 September 1986, pg. 3
^ Irish Times, 26 October 1987, pg. 5
^ Irish Times, 25 April 1988, pg. 5
^ Mens Marathon at Sports Reference
^ Irish Times, 3 October 1988, pg. 7
^ 1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's Marathon
^ Irish Times, 2 September 1990, Sport pg. 5
^ Irish Times, 20 April 1998, pg A4
^ Irish Times, 2 November 1998, pg. A3

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[1] sports-reference Archived 2010-10-18 at the Wayback Machine

[2] My Club: Raheny Shamrock AC by IAN O'RIORDAN, published by The Irish Times - Monday, October 26, 1998

[ROH-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "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)

[4] Irish Times, 19 June 1978, pg. 4

[5] Irish Times, 4 September 1978, pg. 4

[6] Irish Times, 19 May 1980, pg. 4

[IRLOG-7] "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)

[8] Irish Times, 2 August 1980, pg. 3

[9] Mens Marathon at Sports Reference

[10] Irish Times, 8 June 1981, pg. 4

[11] Irish Times, 7 June 1982, pg. 4

[12] Irish Times, 13 September 1982, pg. 3

[13] Irish Times, 24 April 1984, pg. 3

[14] 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] Mens Marathon at Sports Reference

[16] Irish Times, 28 October 1985, pg. 1 and pg. 3

[17] Irish Times, 27 October 1986, pg. 3

[18] Irish Times, 1 September 1986, pg. 3

[19] Irish Times, 26 October 1987, pg. 5

[20] Irish Times, 25 April 1988, pg. 5

[21] Mens Marathon at Sports Reference

[22] Irish Times, 3 October 1988, pg. 7

[23] 1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's Marathon

[24] Irish Times, 2 September 1990, Sport pg. 5

[25] Irish Times, 20 April 1998, pg A4

[26] Irish Times, 2 November 1998, pg. A3

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Dick Hooper

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