// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Milly Clark? A mill-y important person.
 Clark at the 2016 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Amelia Jane Clark 1 March 1989 |
| Education | Drake University, University of Sydney, University of Tasmania |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Track and field |
Events | Steeplechase, 10,000 m, half marathon, marathon |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Rio De Janeiro, 2016 | |
| Personal bests | 800m - 2:12.26 (2020)[1] 1500m - 4:21.52 (2017)[2] 3000m 9:08.33 (2017)[3] 3000 m Steeplechase – 10:01.43 (2012) 5000m - 15:41.05 (2020)[4] 10,000 m – 33:24.89 (2017) 10K - 33.16 (2020)[5] Half Marathon – 1:10:48 (2016)[6] Marathon – 2:26.58 (2021) |
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[7] and qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics.[8] She placed 18th at the Olympics and was the first Australian runner to cross the line.[9]
Clark won the Australian 3000m steeplechase title in 2012[10] and placed third in the Zatopek 10,000 meter championship in 2013.[11] Clark first represented Australia at the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff in 2016, where she placed 13th in a personal best time of 1:10.48.[6] Her personal best time for the marathon is currently 2:26.58, set at the Melbourne Marathon in 2021, a race which she won.[12]
Clark's mother Margaret (née Jack)[13] 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.[14]
References
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- ↑ "Rd 7C - 28/11/2020 Athletics South 2020-21 Season Results - Rd 7C" (PDF). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "AUSTRALIAN RANKING LIST 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "Win for Clark at NSW 3000 Championships". www.susf.com.au. 12 November 2017.
- ↑ "Northern Tasmanian Athletics Interclub". Archived from the original on 7 March 2021.
- ↑ "Results List". thetimingguysresults.com.
- 1 2 "IAAF/Cardiff University World Half Marathon Championships Cardiff 2016". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
- ↑ "Kipyego and Chepkirui battle the cold to win in Amsterdam| News". www.worldathletics.org.
- ↑ "Bio - CLARK Milly". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
- ↑ "CLARK Milly - Olympic Athletics". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016.
- ↑ "Australian Championships - Women - 2011-12". athletics.possumbility.com.
- ↑ "Milly takes long way round to marathon". The Mercury. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "Kenyan holds out Aussie flyer in women's Gold Coast Marathon". Gold Coast Marathon. 22 June 2023.
- ↑ "Margaret Jack | Commonwealth Games Federation". Commonwealth Sport. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020.
- ↑ "Milly Clark (NSW) | Athletics Australia". www.athletics.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
External links
[edit]- Milly Clark at World Athletics
- Milly Clark at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Milly Clark at Olympics.com
- Milly Clark at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Milly Clark at Olympedia
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Australian women long-distance runners
- Australian women marathon runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Australia
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- University of Sydney alumni
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- Olympic women marathon runners