Clive Longe

Clive Citrine Olaf Longe (23 February 1939 27 December 1986) was a British athlete.

Clive Longe
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born(1939-02-23)23 February 1939
British Guiana
Died27 December 1986(1986-12-27) (aged 47)
Hamilton, Bermuda
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Decathlon

Early life

He attended Loughborough University.[1]

Career

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

On Christmas Eve 1986, while he was Bermuda's national athletics coach, he killed his girlfriend, before killing himself two days later.[3]

References

  1. Birmingham Daily Post Tuesday 6 August 1968, page 34
  2. 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.
  3. "December 31, 1986". Los Angeles Times. 31 December 1986. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


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