Great Olympians

Biographies - CLA

Charles Clapier

Olympic Competitor nr 2809

• 1906-04-25-08:30 - Shooting - Duelling Pistol, au commandement - 15th (7.5)

Charles Clapper

Olympic Competitor nr 2310

• 1904-10-14-11:20? - Wrestlhng Free-style - Featherweight (-61.23 kg), round two - won (Q)
• 1904-10-14-15:00? - Wrestlhng Free-style - Featherweight (-61.23 kg), semi-finals - lost (QR)
• 1904-10-15-11:00? - Wrestlhng Free-style - Featherweight (-61.23 kg), repêchage - won (2560)

Georges Clappier

Olympic Competitor nr 686

• 1900-06-12-09:00? - Fencing - Épée for Masters, round one - second (Q)
• 1900-06-13-09:00? - Fencing - Épée for Masters, semi-final - AC (44.76)
• 1900-06-23-14:00? - Fencing - Sabre for Masters, round one (Q)
• 1900-06-25-10:00? - Fencing - Sabre for Masters, semi-finals - seventh (31.2)

C. V. Clark

Olympic Competitor nr 4145

• 1908-07-17-16:00 - Cycling - Track - 5000 m, round one - second (70.89)

Ellery Harding Clark

B.1874-03-13, West Roxbury, MA., USA; D.1949-02-17
Track and Field (2 gold)

	1896		1904	HP
High Jump	gold		-	9600
Long Jump	gold		-	9600
Shot Put	5th/7th		-	1020
All-Around Championship	-		fifth	1125
	20220		1125	21345

The 1896 champion of the high jump and the long jump had come to Athina in a war ship. In the long jump, he had used his hat to mark his runway. Twice the judge (in fact King Constantine of Greece) had removed the hat, saying this was a practice of professionals. Only at the third attempt (and without the hat), did Clark achieve a valid jump, good enough for gold.
Clark also entered the St-Louis decathlon. Although he had to abandon the contest after five events due to a bronchitis, he was still classed sixth.
He later became an Alderman for the city of Boston, and he wrote 19 books including one which was made into a 1952 film, Caribbean.
Inducted in 1991 in the USATF Hall of Fame.
The Hellene Olympic Federation has an excellent site on the Athina Olympics, which includes a picture of Ellery Clark.

Olympic Competitor nr 49

• 1896-07-07-14:40 - Athletics Field - Broad Jump - first (9600)
• 1896-07-07-15:40 - Athletics Field - Putting the Weight - AC (1020)
• 1896-04-10-14:40 - Athletics Field - High Jump - first (9600)
• 1904-07-04-10:00? - Athletics - All-Around Championship - fifth (1125)

Jim Clark

Olympic Competitor nr 4102

• 1908-07-17-14:30 - Tug-of-War - Round One - won (Q)
• 1908-07-17-15:30 - Tug-of-War - Semifinals - won (Q)
• 1908-07-18-15:00 - Tug-of-War - Final - lost (1500)

Kelly Clark

USA
Snowboarding - half-pipe (1 gold, 1 bronze)

	2002	2006	2010	HP
Half-Pipe	gold	fourth	bronze	19800
				19800

Melville Clark

Olympic Competitor nr 3019

• 1906-04-27-10:30 - Diving - Combined Platform - fifth (1125)

William Clark

Olympic Competitor nr 2205

• 1904-09-19-10:00? - Archery - Double American Round - men - sixth (480)
• 1904-09-21-10:00? - Archery - Team Round - men - second (750)

Billy Clarke

Olympic Competitor nr 4518

• 1908-07-24-14:33 - Athletics (track & field) - Marathon - 12th (45)

Harold Clarke

Olympic Competitor nr 3637

• 1908-07-14-14:30 - Diving - Springboard, fancy (1 & 3m), round one, heat two - second (Q)
• 1908-07-17-15:25 - Diving - Springboard, fancy (1 & 3m), semifinals - fourth (246)
• 1920 PH 160
• 1920 PH 2560

Comte Justinien Clary

Olympic Competitor nr 848

• 1900-07-15-09:00 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, day one
• 1900-07-16-09:00 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, day two
• 1900-07-17-09:00 - Shooting - Clay Pigeon, day three - third (3840)

Hugo Clason

Olympic Competitor nr 6897

• 1912-07-20-11:00 - Sailing - 12 Meter class, race one - second
• 1912-07-21-11:00 - Sailing - 12 Meter class, race two - second - final ranking second (2000)

Leslie Walter Claudius

B. 1927-03-25, India
Hockey (3 gold, 1 silver)

	1948	1952	1956	1960	HP
Hockey	gold	gold	gold	silver	23200
					23200

Member of the Indian hockey team that won gold at London, Melbourne and Helsinki, and silver at Rome. He did not play in the final in '48, and was the team's captain at Roma.

Bryan Clay

B. 1980-01-03, Austin, TX, USA
Athletics (1 gold, 1 silver)

	2004	2008	HP
Decathlon	silver	gold	15600
			15600

M. Clay

Olympic Competitor nr 3650

• 1908-07-14-16:00 - (Artistic) Gymnastics - Team combined, Swedish system, Great Britain - eighth (48)

Written 2000-11-28 - last modified 2011-08-15

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