{{short description|Canadian long-distance runner}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | honorific_prefix = | name = Dave Edge | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- name.jpg --> | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = | headercolor = | textcolor = <!-- Personal information --> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- if different than name --> | full_name = <!-- if different than name/birth_name --> | nickname = | nationality = <!-- will not display if national_team is defined --> | national_team = {{CAN}} | citizenship = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|11|2}} | birth_place = Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | hometown = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = policeman | years_active = | employer = Royal Canadian Mounted Police | agent = | height = <!-- X cm, X m, or X ft Y in (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | weight = <!-- X kg, X lb, or X st Y lb (automatic conversion) plus optional year and reference --> | spouse = Carey May | life_partner = | children = | parents = <!-- or | mother = | father = --> | relatives = | other_interests = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | module = <!-- Sport --> | country = | sport = Running | position = | shoots = | catches = | rank = | event = | event_type = | universityteam = | collegeteam = | league = | league_type = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | turnedpro_type = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | module2 = <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = | <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's Athletics}} {{Medal|Country | {{CAN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Maccabiah Games}} {{MedalSilver | Israel 1981 | }} {{MedalBronze | Israel 1981 | }} | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }} '''David Edge''' (born November 12, 1954, in Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom) is a former long-distance runner, who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics in the men's marathon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport.de/leichtathletik/pe863449/dave-edge/|title=Dave Edge|website=sport.de}}</ref><ref>[http://bmaf.org.uk/magazines/Masters%20Athletics%20No%2092%20Summer%202010.pdf ''Masters Athletics 2010'']</ref>
==Biography== In Blackpool, he had been a policeman.<ref name="auto">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbM7DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Dave+Edge%22+blackpool+marathon&pg=PA41 | isbn=9780244940317 | title=The Complete Book of the Commonwealth Games | date=17 October 2017 | publisher=Lulu.com }}</ref> He moved to Canada in 1981, and joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.<ref name="auto"/>
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, he did not finish. Four years later in Seoul, South Korea he finished in 67th place.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/dave-edge-1.html |title=Dave Edge |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018023440/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/dave-edge-1.html |archive-date=2010-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/david-edge/|title=David Edge|date=September 18, 2011 }}</ref>
He is Jewish, and competed in the 1981 Maccabiah Games, winning a silver medal in the 10,000 m and a bronze medal in the mini-marathon, and in the 1989 Maccabiah Games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.lib.sfu.ca/cjn2-28862/page-6|title= August 13, 1981, page 6|work=The Canadian Jewish News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maccabiah.com/en/maccabiah/maccabiah-history/thirteenth-maccabiah|title=Thirteenth Maccabiah - Maccabiah 21|website=maccabiah.com}}</ref> Edge won the silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the marathon, behind Australia's Robert de Castella.<ref name="auto"/>
In 1984, he won the Ottawa Race Weekend marathon, and was the Canadian national marathon champion.
A resident of Newport Beach, California USA, Edge is married to Ireland's former long-distance runner Carey May.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/66029|title= Dave Edge|website=Olympedia}}</ref>
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{CAN}} |- |1981 |World Cross Country Championships |Madrid |182nd |Senior men's race |38:04 |- |rowspan=2|1982 |Chicago Marathon |Chicago |4th |Marathon |2:12:25 |- |Fukuoka Marathon |Fukuoka |7th |Marathon |2:12:40 |- |rowspan=4|1983 |Boston Marathon |Boston |6th |Marathon |2:11:04 |- |Australian Marathon |Sydney |3rd |Marathon |2:14:26 |- |World Championships |Helsinki |24th |Marathon |2:15:43 |- |Fukuoka Marathon |Fukuoka |8th |Marathon |2:11:48 |- |rowspan=2|1984 |Ottawa Marathon |Ottawa |1st |Marathon (NC) |2:13:19 |- |Olympic Games |Los Angeles |— |Marathon |DNF |- |1985 |Grandma's Marathon |Duluth |2nd |Marathon |2:12:24 |- |rowspan=3|1986 |Houston Marathon |Houston |2nd |Marathon |2:11:40 |- |Commonwealth Games |Edinburgh |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Marathon |2:11:08 |- |Fukuoka Marathon |Fukuoka |8th |Marathon |2:12:26 |- |1987 |London Marathon |London |9th |Marathon |2:11:51 |- |rowspan=2|1988 |London Marathon |London |17th |Marathon |2:14:10 |- |Olympic Games |Seoul |67th |Marathon |2:32:19 |}
==See also== *List of Canadian Track and Field Championships winners *List of Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics (men) *List of marathon national champions (men)
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==External links== * {{World Athletics|14345441|David Edge}} * {{Athletics Canada|david-edge|David Edge}} * {{Team Canada|david-edge|David Edge}} * {{Olympics.com|david-edge|David Edge}} * {{Olympedia|66029|Dave Edge}} * {{CGF|39212|Dave Edge}}
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