Milly Clark

{{short description|Australian long-distance runner}}

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| name = Milly Clark

| image = Milly Clark Rio2016.jpg

| caption = Clark at the 2016 Olympics

| birth_name = Amelia Jane Clark

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| nationality = Australian

| residence = Launceston, Tasmania

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|3|1|df=yes}}

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| sport = Track and field

| event = Steeplechase, 10,000 m, half marathon, marathon

| pb = 800m - 2:12.26 (2020)https://assets.website-files.com/5c79b6c7ee880758d3b74cf3/5fc1e09b40810b4c6f993354_28%20Nov%2020%20Rd%207C%20Official%20Resuts.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} 1500m - 4:21.52 (2017)https://cdn.revolutionise.com.au/cups/aa/files/zetbrz9ovonokzh1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} 3000m 9:08.33 (2017){{Cite web|url=https://www.susf.com.au/article/win-for-clark-at-nsw-3000-championships|title=Win for Clark at NSW 3000 Championships|website=www.susf.com.au|date=12 November 2017}} 3000 m Steeplechase – 10:01.43 (2012)
5000m - 15:41.05 (2020)https://www.https {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819141428/http://https/ |date=19 August 2013 }}://www.northerntasathletics.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Results-11-11-2020.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307185005/https://www.northerntasathletics.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Results-11-11-2020.htm |date=7 March 2021 }}
10,000 m – 33:24.89 (2017) 10K - 33.16 (2020){{Cite web|url=https://thetimingguysresults.com/list/hobartrunthebridge/2020/ELITEFEM//|title=Results List|website=thetimingguysresults.com}}
Half Marathon – 1:10:48 (2016)https://wwf-marathon-championships/iaafcardiff-university-world-half-marathon-ch-7093751/results/women/half-marathon/final/result/
Marathon – 2:26.58 (2021)

| education = Drake University, University of Sydney, University of Tasmania

| olympics = Rio De Janeiro, 2016

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Milly Clark (born 1 March 1989) is an Australian long-distance runner. She ran her first official marathon in 2015 in Amsterdam where she placed third{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/amsterdam-marathon-2015-kipyego-chepkirui|title=Kipyego and Chepkirui battle the cold to win in Amsterdam| News|website=www.worldathletics.org}} and qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics. She placed 18th at the Olympics and was the first Australian runner to cross the line.

Clark won the Australian 3000m steeplechase title in 2012{{Cite web|url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/aust_tf/tf_w_2011-12.htm|title=Australian Championships - Women - 2011-12|website=athletics.possumbility.com}} and placed third in the Zatopek 10,000 meter championship in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/tasmanianborn-marathon-runner-milly-clark-takes-the-long-way-round-to-marathon/news-story/5cdd75e2b3b013011ea2b69c753c57c8|title=Milly takes long way round to marathon|date=25 July 2016|publisher=|accessdate=23 April 2017}} Clark first represented Australia at the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff in 2016, where she placed 11th in a personal best time of 1:10.48. Her personal best time for the marathon is currently 2:26.58, set at the Melbourne Marathon in 2021, a race which she won.{{Cite web|url=https://goldcoastmarathon.com.au/2019/07/07/kenyan-holds-out-aussie-flyer-in-womens-gold-coast-marathon/|title=Kenyan holds out Aussie flyer in women's Gold Coast Marathon|website=Gold Coast Marathon|date=22 June 2023 }}

Clark's mother Margaret (née Jack){{Cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/46871/|title=Margaret Jack | Commonwealth Games Federation}} competed for Australia in gymnastics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and the World Gymnastics Championships in 1979. Her aunt Elizabeth Jack is a former Olympic diver, representing Australia at Montreal in 1976.{{Cite web|url=https://www.athletics.com.au/athlete-profiles-directory/milly-clark-nsw/|title=Milly Clark (NSW) {{!}} Athletics Australia|website=www.athletics.com.au|access-date=28 March 2020}}