Dave Edge

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Dave Edge
Personal information
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born (1954-11-02) November 2, 1954 (age 70)
Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Occupationpoliceman
Employer Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Spouse Carey May
Sport
SportRunning
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Maccabiah Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg Israel 1981
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Israel 1981

David Edge (born November 12, 1954, in Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom) is a former long-distance runner, who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics in the men's marathon. [1] [2]

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Biography

In Blackpool, he had been a policeman. [3] He moved to Canada in 1981, and joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. [3]

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, he did not finish. Four years later in Seoul, South Korea he finished in 67th place. [4] [5]

He is Jewish, and competed in the 1981 Maccabiah Games, winning a silver medal in the 10,000 m and a bronze medal in the mini-marathon, and in the 1989 Maccabiah Games. [6] [7] Edge won the silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the marathon, behind Australia's Robert de Castella. [3]

In 1984, he won the Ottawa Race Weekend marathon, and was the Canadian national marathon champion.

A resident of Newport Beach, California USA, Edge is married to Ireland's former long-distance runner Carey May. [8]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1981 World Cross Country Championships Madrid 182ndSenior men's race 38:04
1982 Chicago Marathon Chicago 4thMarathon2:12:25
Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka 7thMarathon2:12:40
1983 Boston Marathon Boston 6thMarathon2:11:04
Australian Marathon Sydney 3rdMarathon2:14:26
World Championships Helsinki 24thMarathon 2:15:43
Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka 8thMarathon2:11:48
1984 Ottawa Marathon Ottawa 1stMarathon (NC)2:13:19
Olympic Games Los Angeles Marathon DNF
1985 Grandma's Marathon Duluth 2ndMarathon2:12:24
1986 Houston Marathon Houston 2ndMarathon2:11:40
Commonwealth Games Edinburgh 2ndMarathon 2:11:08
Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka 8thMarathon2:12:26
1987 London Marathon London 9thMarathon2:11:51
1988 London Marathon London 17thMarathon2:14:10
Olympic Games Seoul 67thMarathon 2:32:19

See also

References

  1. "Dave Edge". sport.de.
  2. Masters Athletics 2010
  3. 1 2 3 The Complete Book of the Commonwealth Games. Lulu.com. October 17, 2017. ISBN   9780244940317.
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dave Edge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 18, 2010.
  5. "David Edge".
  6. "August 13, 1981, page 6". The Canadian Jewish News.
  7. "Thirteenth Maccabiah - Maccabiah 21". maccabiah.com.
  8. "Dave Edge". Olympedia.