Clive Longe
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Personal information | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | British Guiana | 23 February 1939
Died | 27 December 1986 Hamilton, Bermuda | (aged 47)
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Decathlon |
Clive Citrine Olaf Longe (23 February 1939 – 27 December 1986) was a British athlete.
Early life[edit]
He attended Loughborough University.[1]
Career[edit]
He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2] Competing for Wales, he won a silver medal in the decathlon at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Personal life[edit]
On Christmas Eve 1986, while he was Bermuda's national athletics coach, he killed his girlfriend, before killing himself two days later.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Birmingham Daily Post Tuesday 6 August 1968, page 34
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Clive Longe Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "December 31, 1986". Los Angeles Times. 31 December 1986. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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