# Dave Edge

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{{short description|Canadian long-distance runner}}
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'''David Edge''' (born November 12, 1954, in [Blackpool](/source/Blackpool), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)) is a former [long-distance runner](/source/long-distance_runner), who represented [Canada](/source/Canada) at two consecutive [Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police).<ref name="auto"/>

At the [1984 Summer Olympics](/source/1984_Summer_Olympics) in [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California), he did not finish. Four years later in [Seoul, South Korea](/source/Seoul%2C_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/1986_Commonwealth_Games) in the marathon, behind [Australia](/source/Australia)'s [Robert de Castella](/source/Robert_de_Castella).<ref name="auto"/>

In 1984, he won the [Ottawa Race Weekend](/source/Ottawa_Race_Weekend) marathon, and was the [Canadian national marathon champion](/source/List_of_marathon_national_champions_(men)).

A resident of [Newport Beach](/source/Newport_Beach), California USA, Edge is married to [Ireland](/source/Ireland)'s former long-distance runner [Carey May](/source/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](/source/1981_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships)
|[Madrid](/source/Madrid)
|182nd
|Senior men's race
|[38:04](/source/1981_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships_%E2%80%93_Senior_men's_race)
|-
|rowspan=2|1982
|[Chicago Marathon](/source/Chicago_Marathon) 
|[Chicago](/source/Chicago)
|4th
|Marathon
|2:12:25
|-
|[Fukuoka Marathon](/source/Fukuoka_Marathon) 
|[Fukuoka](/source/Fukuoka)
|7th
|Marathon
|2:12:40
|-
|rowspan=4|1983
|[Boston Marathon](/source/Boston_Marathon)
|[Boston](/source/Boston)
|6th
|Marathon
|2:11:04
|-
|Australian Marathon
|[Sydney](/source/Sydney)
|3rd
|Marathon
|2:14:26
|-
|[World Championships](/source/1983_World_Championships_in_Athletics) 
|[Helsinki](/source/Helsinki)
|24th
|Marathon
|[2:15:43](/source/1983_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_Marathon) 
|-
|[Fukuoka Marathon](/source/Fukuoka_Marathon) 
|[Fukuoka](/source/Fukuoka)
|8th
|Marathon
|2:11:48
|-
|rowspan=2|1984
|[Ottawa Marathon](/source/Ottawa_Marathon) 
|[Ottawa](/source/Ottawa)
|1st
|Marathon (NC)
|2:13:19 
|-
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics) 
|[Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles)
|&mdash;
|Marathon
|[DNF](/source/Athletics_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_marathon) 
|-
|1985
|[Grandma's Marathon](/source/Grandma's_Marathon)
|[Duluth](/source/Duluth%2C_Minnesota)
|2nd
|Marathon
|2:12:24
|-
|rowspan=3|1986
|[Houston Marathon](/source/Houston_Marathon)
|[Houston](/source/Houston)
|2nd
|Marathon
|2:11:40
|-
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/1986_Commonwealth_Games) 
|[Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh)
|bgcolor="silver"  | 2nd
|Marathon
|[2:11:08](/source/Athletics_at_the_1986_Commonwealth_Games)
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|[Fukuoka Marathon](/source/Fukuoka_Marathon) 
|[Fukuoka](/source/Fukuoka)
|8th
|Marathon
|2:12:26 
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|1987
|[London Marathon](/source/London_Marathon)
|[London](/source/London)
|9th
|Marathon
|2:11:51
|-
|rowspan=2|1988
|[London Marathon](/source/London_Marathon) 
|[London](/source/London)
|17th
|Marathon
|2:14:10
|-
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics) 
|[Seoul](/source/Seoul)
|67th
|Marathon
|[2:32:19](/source/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_marathon) 
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==See also==
*[List of Canadian Track and Field Championships winners](/source/List_of_Canadian_Track_and_Field_Championships_winners)
*[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics (men)](/source/List_of_Commonwealth_Games_medallists_in_athletics_(men))
*[List of marathon national champions (men)](/source/List_of_marathon_national_champions_(men))

==References==
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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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