Clem Parker
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Birth name | Clement Parker | |||||||||||||
Born | Hastings, New Zealand | 31 December 1926|||||||||||||
Died | 6 November 2017 Hamilton, New Zealand | (aged 90)|||||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Moira Kathleen White
(m. 1951; died 2017) | |||||||||||||
Relatives | Dorothea Parker (sister) | |||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||
Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||
National finals | 100 yards champion (1950)[1] | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Clement Parker (31 December 1926 – 6 November 2017)[2] was a New Zealand sprinter.
At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal as part of the men's 4 x 110 yard relay alongside Kevin Beardsley, Arthur Eustace and Peter Henderson. He also competed in the 100 and 200 yards where he placed 6th in each of the finals.[3]
His sister Dorothea Parker also won a medal at the 1950 British Empire Games.
References[]
- Athletes at the Games by John Clark, page 97 (1998, Athletics New Zealand)
ISBN 0473-05498-1
- ^ Hollings, Stephen (December 2016). "National champions 1887–2016" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. p. 12. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ Obituary: Running legend Clem Parker crosses final finish line
- ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
Categories:
- 1926 births
- 2017 deaths
- New Zealand male sprinters
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- New Zealand athletics biography stubs