Dick Hooper

Dick Hooper

Personal information
Nationality	Irish
Born	(1956-08-26) 26 August 1956 Dublin
Height	5'9" (174 cm)
Weight	150 lbs (68 kg)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	Marathon
Club	Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club
Medal record Competitor for  Ireland Men’s Athletics Dublin Marathon Gold 1980 Dublin Marathon Men's Marathon Gold 1985 Dublin Marathon Men's Marathon Gold 1986 Dublin Marathon Men's Marathon

Richard ("Dick") 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 nowadays is a coach and an athletics commentator for Setanta Sports.

Achievements

• All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Representing  Ireland
1978	Irish National Marathon Championship	Tullamore	1 ! Gold	(2:23:19)[3]
1978	1978 European Championships in Athletics	Czechoslovakia	Unknown	unknown
1980	Dublin Marathon	Dublin	1 ! Gold	(2:16:14)
1980	Irish National Marathon Championship	Tullamore	1 ! Gold	2:16:27 [4]
1980	Moscow Olympics	Moscow	38th place	2:23:53
1981	Irish National Marathon Championship	Cork	1 ! Gold	2:15:37[5]
1982	Irish National Marathon Championship	Limerick	1 ! 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	1 ! Gold	(2:14:39)[7]
1984	Los Angeles Olympics	Los Angeles	51st place	2:24:41[8]
1985	Dublin Marathon	Dublin	1 ! Gold	2:13:48
1986	Dublin Marathon	Dublin	1 ! Gold	2:18:10[9]
1986	1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon	Stuttgart	16th place	2:17.45
1987	1987 Dublin Marathon	Dublin	3 ! Bronze	unknown
1988	Irish National Marathon Championship	Wexford	2 ! 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	1 ! Gold	(2:22:08)[13]
1998	New York City Marathon	New York	34th place	2:22:46[14]

References