{{short description|Australian long-distance runner}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{use Australian English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Milly Clark | image = Milly Clark Rio2016.jpg | caption = Clark at the 2016 Olympics | birth_name = Amelia Jane Clark | fullname = | country = Australia | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|3|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | website = | sport = Track and field | event = Steeplechase, 10,000 m, half marathon, marathon | pb = 800m - 2:12.26 (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://assets.website-files.com/5c79b6c7ee880758d3b74cf3/5fc1e09b40810b4c6f993354_28%20Nov%2020%20Rd%207C%20Official%20Resuts.pdf|title=Rd 7C - 28/11/2020 Athletics South 2020-21 Season Results - Rd 7C|access-date=12 April 2026}}</ref> 1500m - 4:21.52 (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdn.revolutionise.com.au/cups/aa/files/zetbrz9ovonokzh1.pdf|title=AUSTRALIAN RANKING LIST 2017|access-date=12 April 2026}} </ref> 3000m 9:08.33 (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.susf.com.au/article/win-for-clark-at-nsw-3000-championships|title=Win for Clark at NSW 3000 Championships|website=www.susf.com.au|date=12 November 2017}}</ref> 3000 m Steeplechase – 10:01.43 (2012)<br />5000m - 15:41.05 (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|title= Northern Tasmanian Athletics Interclub|url=https://www.northerntasathletics.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Results-11-11-2020.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307185005/https://www.northerntasathletics.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Results-11-11-2020.htm|archive-date=7 March 2021}}</ref><br />10,000 m – 33:24.89 (2017) 10K - 33.16 (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thetimingguysresults.com/list/hobartrunthebridge/2020/ELITEFEM//|title=Results List|website=thetimingguysresults.com}}</ref><br />Half Marathon – 1:10:48 (2016)<ref name="cardiff2016">{{Cite web|title=IAAF/Cardiff University World Half Marathon Championships Cardiff 2016|url=https://worldathletics.org/results/iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships/2016/iaafcardiff-university-world-half-marathon-ch-7093751/women/half-marathon/final/result|website=World Athletics|access-date=9 Dec 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811052922/https://worldathletics.org/results/iaaf-world-half-marathon-championships/2016/iaafcardiff-university-world-half-marathon-ch-7093751/women/half-marathon/final/result|archive-date=11 Aug 2025}}</ref><br />Marathon – 2:26.58 (2021) | education = Drake University, University of Sydney, University of Tasmania | olympics = Rio De Janeiro, 2016 | show-medals = | medaltemplates = }}

'''Milly Clark''' (born 1 March 1989) is an Australian long-distance runner. She ran her first official marathon in 2015 in Amsterdam where she placed third<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/amsterdam-marathon-2015-kipyego-chepkirui|title=Kipyego and Chepkirui battle the cold to win in Amsterdam&#124; News|website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref> and qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics.<ref name=nbc/> She placed 18th at the Olympics and was the first Australian runner to cross the line.<ref name=rio/>

Clark won the Australian 3000m steeplechase title in 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_w_2011-12.htm|title=Australian Championships - Women - 2011-12|website=athletics.possumbility.com}}</ref> and placed third in the Zatopek 10,000 meter championship in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themercury.com.au/sport/tasmanianborn-marathon-runner-milly-clark-takes-the-long-way-round-to-marathon/news-story/5cdd75e2b3b013011ea2b69c753c57c8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729080124/https://www.themercury.com.au/sport/tasmanianborn-marathon-runner-milly-clark-takes-the-long-way-round-to-marathon/news-story/5cdd75e2b3b013011ea2b69c753c57c8|archive-date=29 Jul 2016|title=Milly takes long way round to marathon|website=The Mercury|date=25 July 2016|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref> Clark first represented Australia at the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff in 2016, where she placed 13th in a personal best time of 1:10.48.<ref name="cardiff2016"/> Her personal best time for the marathon is currently 2:26.58, set at the Melbourne Marathon in 2021, a race which she won.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://goldcoastmarathon.com.au/2019/07/07/kenyan-holds-out-aussie-flyer-in-womens-gold-coast-marathon/|title=Kenyan holds out Aussie flyer in women's Gold Coast Marathon|website=Gold Coast Marathon|date=22 June 2023 }}</ref>

Clark's mother Margaret (née Jack)<ref>{{Cite web|website=Commonwealth Sport|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/46871/|title=Margaret Jack &#124; Commonwealth Games Federation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627050515/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/46871/|archive-date=2020-06-27}}</ref> competed for Australia in gymnastics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and the World Gymnastics Championships in 1979. Her aunt Elizabeth Jack is a former Olympic diver, representing Australia at Montreal in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.athletics.com.au/athlete-profiles-directory/milly-clark-nsw/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130172146/https://www.athletics.com.au/athlete-profiles-directory/milly-clark-nsw/|archive-date=30 Nov 2024|title=Milly Clark (NSW) {{!}} Athletics Australia|website=www.athletics.com.au|access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref>

==References== {{Commons category|Milly Clark}} {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=rio>{{Cite web|title=CLARK Milly - Olympic Athletics|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/milly-clark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125212331/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/milly-clark|archive-date=25 Nov 2016|website=rio2016.com}}</ref> <ref name=nbc>{{Cite web|title=Bio - CLARK Milly|website=NBC Olympics|url=https://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=clark-milly-1195901/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919192756/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=clark-milly-1195901/index.html|archive-date=19 Sep 2016}}</ref> }}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Milly}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Australian women long-distance runners Category:Australian women marathon runners Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Australia Category:Australian Athletics Championships winners Category:University of Sydney alumni Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen