Pat Hooper

{{Short description|Irish long-distance runner (1952–2020)}} {{For|the politician|Patrick Hooper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Pat Hooper | image = | imagesize =  | caption = | nationality = Irish | sport = [[Running]] | event = Marathon | club = [[Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club]] | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1952|05|12}} | birth_place = [[Raheny]], [[Dublin]], Ireland | residence = | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|10|09|1952|5|12|df=y}} | death_place = | height = {{convert|5|ft|11|in|cm|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|150|lb|kg}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | [[Running]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Marathon]]}} {{MedalSilver | 1980 Irish National Championships |}} {{MedalGold | 1979 Irish National Championships |}} }} '''Patrick Hooper''' (12 May 1952 – 9 October 2020) was an Olympian and [[long-distance runner]] from [[Raheny]], [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].

==Career== He represented Ireland in the marathon at European and Olympic level.<ref name="SP">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123113/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/pat-hooper-1.html Pat Hooper at Sports Reference]</ref> His marathon ''personal best'' time was 2:17:46.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrs.run/NC_MaraIRL.htm|title=Untitled}}</ref> He was the older brother of three-time Olympian and marathoner [[Dick Hooper]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Riordan |first1=Ian |title= Sudden death of 1980 Olympian Pat Hooper, aged 68 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/sudden-death-of-1980-olympian-pat-hooper-aged-68-1.4377000 |accessdate=9 October 2020 |work=[[Irish Times]]}}</ref> After his retirement from active competition, Hooper remained extremely active in the sport, as a long-serving committee member of his club, [[Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club]], and as a member of the Dublin and Leinster Athletics Boards.

Hooper died on 9 October 2020, aged 68, of a suspected heart attack.<ref>{{cite news |date= 9 October 2020 |title= Olympian and athletics stalwart Pat Hooper dies aged 68 |url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/athletics/2020/1009/1170621-olympian-and-athletics-stalwart-pat-hooper-dies-aged-68/ |work= [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] (RTÉ) |access-date= 21 October 2020}}</ref>

==Achievements== *<small>All results regarding marathon</small> {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- |1980 |[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] |[[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]] |42nd<ref>''Irish Times'', 2 August 1980, pg. 3</ref><ref name="SP" /> |[[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|2:30:28]] |1 August |- |1980 |Irish National Championships |[[Tullamore, County Offaly]] |{{Silver medal}}<ref>''Irish Times'', 9 July 1980, pg. 4</ref> |2:19:53 |8 July |- |1979 |Irish National Championships |[[Tullamore, County Offaly]] |{{Gold medal}}<ref>''Irish Times'', 19 May 1979, pg. 13</ref> |2:17:46 PB |18 May |- |1978 |[[European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]] |[[Prague, Czechoslovakia]] |27th<ref>''Irish Times'', 4 September 1978, pg. 4</ref> |2:20:29 |3 September |}

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