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| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 August 1956 Dublin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (174 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Marathon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Hooper (born 26 August 1956) is a former long-distance runner from Raheny, Dublin, Ireland.
He represented Ireland in the Olympic marathon in Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988. He also represented Ireland four times in the European Championships - in Czechoslovakia 1978, Athens 1982, Stuttgart 1986 and Split 1990.
He is a three-time record-holding winner of the Dublin Marathon in 1980, 1985 and 1988 and he set his personal best time at the 1988 Irish National Championship in Wexford, clocking 2:12:19 finishing in 2nd place behind John Woods. He went on to win a record six national marathon championships winning his last in 1998 at the age of 42.
He is the younger brother of marathoner Pat Hooper, [1] [2] and, having had a career in banking, also worked as a coach, and an athletics commentator on Setanta Sports and Irish TV.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Ireland | |||||
| 1978 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Tullamore |  Gold | 2:23:19 [3] [4] | 18 June 1978 |
| 1978 | 1978 European Championships in Athletics | Prague | 29th | 2:21:01 [5] | 3 September 1978 |
| 1980 | Dublin Marathon | Dublin | Gold | 2:16:14 | 26 October 1980 |
| 1980 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Tullamore | Gold | 2:16:27 [3] [6] | 8 July 1980 |
| 1980 | Moscow Olympics | Moscow | 38th place | 2:23:53 [7] [8] [9] | 1 August 1980 |
| 1981 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Cork | Gold | 2:15:37 [3] [10] | 7 June 1981 |
| 1982 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Limerick | Gold | 2:12:56 [3] [11] | 6 June 1982 |
| 1982 | 1982 European Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon | Athens | 11th place | 2:20:51 [12] | 12 September 1982 |
| 1984 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Cork | Gold | 2:14:39 [3] [13] [14] | 23 April 1984 |
| 1984 | Los Angeles Olympics | Los Angeles | 51st place | 2:24:41 [7] [15] | 12 August 1984 |
| 1985 | Dublin Marathon | Dublin | Gold | 2:13:48 [16] | 27 October 1985 |
| 1986 | Dublin Marathon | Dublin | Gold | 2:18:10 [17] | 26 October 1986 |
| 1986 | 1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon | Stuttgart | 16th place | 2:17.45 [18] | 30 August 1986 |
| 1987 | 1987 Dublin Marathon | Dublin |  Bronze | 2:14:36 [19] | 25 October 1987 |
| 1988 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Wexford |  Silver | 2:12:19 PB [3] [20] | 24 April 1988 |
| 1988 | Seoul Olympics | Seoul | 24th place | 2:17:16 [7] [21] [22] | 2 October 1988 |
| 1990 | 1990 European Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon | Split | 23rd place | 2:32.36 [23] [24] | 1 September 1990 |
| 1998 | Irish National Marathon Championship | Killenaule | Gold | (2:22:08) [3] [25] | 19 April 1998 |
| 1998 | New York City Marathon | New York City | 34th place | 2:22:46 [26] | 1 November 1998 |
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