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Clive Longe ( Clive Citreon Olaf Longe; born February 23, 1938 in British Guiana , † December 27, 1986 in Hamilton , Bermuda ) was a British decathlete .
In 1966 he won silver starting for Wales at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston . At the European Athletics Championships in Belgrade , he was ninth.
In 1968 he came in 13th place at the Olympic Games in Mexico City . At the EM in 1969 in Athens, he gave up after the ninth discipline.
In 1964 he was Welsh champion in the decathlon and in 1966 in the shot put and discus throw . He set his personal best of 7308 points on June 29, 1969 in Kassel .
He was married to the Norwegian Erika Gronner. Their daughter Tania Longe was Norwegian heptathlon champion in 2000.
Web links
- Athlete portrait at Power of Ten
- Clive Longe in the database of TOPS in athletics (English)
- Clive Longe in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Ron Fanfair: Former track and field star Tania Longe honored by alma mater ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Share News. February 18, 2015
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| SURNAME | Lunge, Clive |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Longe, Clive Citreon Olaf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British decathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | British Guiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1986 |
| Place of death | Hamilton |