Patrick Hooper (12 May 1952 – 9 October 2020) was an Olympian and

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Career

He represented Ireland in the marathon at European and Olympic level.Pat Hooper at Sports Reference
/ref> His marathon ''personal best'' time was 2:17:46. He was the older brother of three-time Olympian and marathoner

Dick Hooper Richard 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 ...

. After his retirement from active competition, Hooper remained extremely active in the sport, as a long-serving committee member of his club,

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, and as a member of the Dublin and Leinster Athletics Boards. Hooper died on 9 October 2020, aged 68, of a suspected heart attack.

Achievements

*All results regarding marathon

References

1952 births 2020 deaths People from Raheny Irish male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ireland People educated at St Paul's College, Raheny {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub