Milly Clark (born 1 March 1989) is an Australian
long distance runner
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. She ran her first official
marathon
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in 2015 in Amsterdam where she placed third and qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
[ She placed 18th at the Olympics and was the first Australian runner to cross the line.][
Clark won the Australian 3000m steeplechase title in 2012 and placed third in the Zatopek 10,000 meter championship in 2013. Clark first represented Australia at the ]World Half Marathon Championships
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in Cardiff in 2016, where she placed 11th in a personal best time of 1:10.48.1978 Commonwealth Games
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and the World Gymnastics Championships in 1979. Her aunt Elizabeth Jack is a former Olympic diver, representing Australia at Montreal in 1976.
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1989 births
Living people
Australian female long-distance runners
Australian female marathon runners
Place of birth missing (living people)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Australia