Clifford Bricker
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Clifford Bricker (23 April 1904 – 20 September 1980)[1] was a Canadian long-distance runner who competed in the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1927 he set the amateur world record for 15 miles.
Career
[edit]Bricker ran his first marathon in Boston in 1927, clocking 3:00:54 and finishing fourth, more than 20 minutes behind the winner, Clarence DeMar.[2] The following month he won the Buffalo Marathon in 2:40:05, defeating DeMar[3] and setting a Canadian amateur record.[4] On 1 July 1927, he broke the amateur world record for 15 miles (24.14 km) in Toronto, running 1:19:11.[5][6] Bricker left early for the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam so he could acclimatize;[7] he was one of Canada's leading Olympic hopes,[8] and DeMar stated he considered Bricker the favorite for the Olympic marathon.[9] He only finished tenth, but his time of 2:39:24 was still his personal best[1] and another Canadian record.[4]
Bricker broke the Canadian record for 10,000 metres at the 1932 Canadian Olympic trials, running 31:42.0.[10] At the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles he placed eighth in the 10,000 metres and twelfth in the marathon.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Cliff Bricker Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "Marathon Marks Established by Clarence DeMar". Montreal Gazette. 20 April 1927. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "Clifford Bricker, Galt Y.M.C.A., Winner Marathon At Buffalo". Ottawa Citizen. 31 May 1927. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ a b "CAN Record Progressions- Road". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "World's 15 Mile Run Record Is Shattered". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 2 July 1927. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ Jukola, Martti (1935). Huippu-urheilun historia (in Finnish). Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö.
- ^ "Leaves Early". The Pittsburgh Press. 11 March 1928. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "Canada's Olympic Hopes Summarized". The Montreal Gazette. 20 June 1928. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "Demar Calls Bricker Big Olympic Threat". Ottawa Citizen. 21 April 1928. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "Cliff Bricker Shatters Record". The Ottawa Journal. 16 July 1932. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
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