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| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 August 1956 Dublin |
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| Height | 5'9" (174 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 150 lbs (68 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Marathon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||
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Richard ("Dick") Hooper (born 26 August 1956) is a former long-distance runner from Raheny, Dublin, Ireland.
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]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| Representing Ireland | ||||
| 1978 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Tullamore | Gold | (2:23:19)[3] |
| 1978 | 1978 European Championships in Athletics | Czechoslovakia | Unknown | unknown |
| 1980 | Dublin Marathon | Dublin | Gold | (2:16:14) |
| 1980 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Tullamore | Gold | 2:16:27 [4] |
| 1980 | Moscow Olympics | Moscow | 38th place | 2:23:53 |
| 1981 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Cork | Gold | 2:15:37[5] |
| 1982 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Limerick | Gold | 2:12:56 [6] |
| 1982 | 1982 European Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon | Athens | 11th place | 2:20:51 |
| 1984 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Cork | Gold | (2:14:39)[7] |
| 1984 | Los Angeles Olympics | Los Angeles | 51st place | 2:24:41[8] |
| 1985 | Dublin Marathon | Dublin | Gold | 2:13:48 |
| 1986 | Dublin Marathon | Dublin | Gold | 2:18:10[9] |
| 1986 | 1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon | Stuttgart | 16th place | 2:17.45 |
| 1987 | 1987 Dublin Marathon | Dublin | Bronze | unknown |
| 1988 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Wexford | Silver | 2:12:19 PB[10] |
| 1988 | Seoul Olympics | Seoul | 24th place | 2:17:16[11][12] |
| 1990 | 1990 European Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon | Split | 23rd place | 2:32.36 |
| 1998 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Killenaule | Gold | (2:22:08)[13] |
| 1998 | New York City Marathon | New York | 34th place | 2:22:46[14] |