David Fitzsimons
- 1976 Montreal 10,000 m 14th
- 1980 Moscow 5000 m 10th in first semifinal
Men's Athletics | ||
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IAAF World Cup | ||
1977 Düsseldorf | 5000 metres |
David Fitzsimons (23 April 1950 – 7 September 2008)[1] was a former Australian Olympic athlete who competed in middle distance events and civil engineer.
A member of the Adelaide University Athletics Club, he represented Australia at two Olympic Games and two Commonwealth Games during his career. Inducted into the South Australian Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000. Fitzsimons won eight Australian Championships in Athletics over 5000 metres and 10000 metres including the 5k/10k double on three occasions.[2]
Engineering
Fitzsimons worked for 30 years at the Transport Department of the South Australian Government. He was the supervising engineer of a road bridge which replaced a level crossing on Park Terrace on what became the city ring route of Adelaide. The Park Terrace bridge over the Gawler railway line and interstate freight line is 120 metres long and was constructed in 1990. It was named after Fitzsimons in 2017.[3]
Athletics career record
During his athletics career, Fitzsimons represented Australia at two Olympic Games, two Commonwealth Games and two World Cups.[2]
His greatest international achievement was placing third over 5000 metres at the inaugural IAAF World Cup in 1977.[2]
Statistics
Personal Bests[4]
Event | Performance | Place | Date |
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1500m | 3-39.92 | Christchurch, New Zealand | 31 January 1974 |
2000m | 5-06.6 | Edmonton, Canada | 2 August 1978 |
3000m | 7-48.74 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 16 July 1978 |
2 miles | 8-28.0 | Melbourne, Australia | 11 January 1979 |
5000m | 13–17.42 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 4 September 1977 |
10000m | 28–04.64 | London, Great Britain | 9 September 1977 |
See also
References
- ^ "The David Fitzsimons Story" (PDF). Athletics South Australia. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ a b c Athletics Australia profile - Dave Fitzsimons
- ^ Kemp, Miles (26 December 2017). "Olympic Hero's name to span across the ages". The Advertiser.
- ^ Athletics Australia - all time performances Archived 3 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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- 1894: Charles Herbert
- 1896: Alfred Bell (NZL)
- 1898: William Cumming
- 1900: Percival Malthus (NZL)
- 1902: William Simpson (NZL)
- 1904: Rufus Ferguson
- 1906: William Steele
- 1908: G. Sharpe (NZL)
- 1910: Miles Dickson (NZL)
- 1912: George Hill (NZL)
- 1914: James Beatson (NZL)
- 1920: Harry Grandemange
- 1922: Reg Webber (NZL)
- 1924: Randolph Rose (NZL)
- 1926: George Hyde
- 1928: Randolph Rose (NZL)
- 1930: George Hyde
- 1932: Alex Hillhouse
- 1934: Fred Colman
- 1936: Jack Sheaves
- 1938: Walter Weightman
- 1947: George Campbell
- 1948–49: Neville McDonald
- 1950–53: Les Perry
- 1954: Geoff Warren
- 1955: Dave Stephens
- 1956: John Landy
- 1957–59: Albie Thomas
- 1960–62: Dave Power
- 1963: Trevor Vincent
- 1964: Bill Baillie (NZL)
- 1965–69: Ron Clarke
- 1970: Tony Manning
- 1971: Kerry O'Brien
- 1972: Tony Benson
- 1973: Tony Williams
- 1974: David Fitzsimons
- 1975: Andrew Hill
- 1976: Graham Crouch
- 1977–79: David Fitzsimons
- 1980–83: Steve Austin
- 1984: Steve Foley
- 1985: Andrew Lloyd
- 1986: Malcolm Norwood
- 1987: Gerard Barrett
- 1988: Andrew Lloyd
- 1989: John Andrews
- 1990: Simon Doyle
- 1991: Rodney Higgins
- 1992: Andrew Lloyd
- 1993: Peter O'Donoghue
- 1994: Julian Paynter
- 1995–96: Shaun Creighton
- 1997: Julian Paynter
- 1998: Shaun Creighton
- 1999: Mizan Mehari
- 2000–01: Michael Power
- 2002: Craig Mottram
- 2003: Michael Power
- 2004–08: Craig Mottram
- 2009: Collis Birmingham
- 2010: Ben St Lawrence
- 2011: Bernard Lagat (USA)
- 2012: Harry Summers
- 2013: Cameron Page
- 2014: Collis Birmingham
- 2015: Brett Robinson
- 2016: Sam McEntee
- 2017: David McNeill
- 2018: Morgan McDonald