Pat Clohessy
Pat Clohessy (actually Patrick Clohessy; born May 16, 1933 ) is a former Australian long-distance runner .
At the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1962 he was seventh over three miles and was eliminated in the run-up to the mile run .
In 1963 he became the US champion over three miles. Over the same distance, he became NCAA champions for the University of Houston , starting in 1961 and 1962 .
At the Western Hemisphere Marathon in 1963 and at the Victorian Marathon Club Marathon in 1965, he finished second.
He later trained the marathon runner Robert de Castella, among others . In 1988 he was named a Member of the Order of Australia and inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1997 .
Personal bests
- 5000 m : 13: 53.2 min, June 7, 1963, Compton
- 10,000 m : 30: 07.5 min, January 3, 1964, São Paulo
- Marathon : 2:22:32 h, July 24, 1965, Preston
Web links
- Pat Clohessy in the database of Athletics Australia (English)
- Pat Clohessy in the trackfield.brinkster.net database (English)
- Athlete portrait at the ARRS
- Entry into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
Footnotes
- ↑ Mark Bomba: The Legend of the Clohessy Creed . In: In the Arena: The Adventures of a Runner… his Dog and… her Monkey. January 18, 2010
- ↑ Training of Robert de Castella ( Memento of the original from September 2, 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: Runnerstribe. October 11, 2015
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| SURNAME | Clohessy, Pat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clohessy, Patrick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1933 |