Pat Hooper

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| nationality = Irish

| sport = Running

| event = Marathon

| club = Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1952|05|12}}

| birth_place = Raheny, Dublin, Ireland

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|10|09|1952|5|12|df=y}}

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| height = {{convert|5|ft|11|in|cm|abbr=on}}

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Running}}

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Patrick Hooper (12 May 1952 – 9 October 2020) was an Olympian and long-distance runner from Raheny, Dublin, Ireland.

Career

He represented Ireland in the marathon at European and Olympic level.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123113/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/pat-hooper-1.html Pat Hooper at Sports Reference] His marathon personal best time was 2:17:46.{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrs.run/NC_MaraIRL.htm|title=Untitled}} He was the older brother of three-time Olympian and marathoner Dick Hooper.{{cite news |last1=O'Riordan |first1=Ian |title= Sudden death of 1980 Olympian Pat Hooper, aged 68 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/sudden-death-of-1980-olympian-pat-hooper-aged-68-1.4377000 |accessdate=9 October 2020 |work=Irish Times}} After his retirement from active competition, Hooper remained extremely active in the sport, as a long-serving committee member of his club, Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club, and as a member of the Dublin and Leinster Athletics Boards.

Hooper died on 9 October 2020, aged 68, of a suspected heart attack.{{cite news |date= 9 October 2020 |title= Olympian and athletics stalwart Pat Hooper dies aged 68 |url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/athletics/2020/1009/1170621-olympian-and-athletics-stalwart-pat-hooper-dies-aged-68/ |work= Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) |access-date= 21 October 2020}}