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Milly Clark

Milly Clark is an Australian long-distance runner. She ran her first official marathon in 2015 in Amsterdam where she placed third and qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics. She placed 18th at the Olympics and was the first Australian runner to cross the line.

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Milly Clark
Clark at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
BornAmelia Jane Clark
(1989-03-01) 1 March 1989
EducationDrake University, University of Sydney, University of Tasmania
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportTrack and field
Events
Steeplechase, 10,000 m, half marathon, marathon
Achievements and titles
Rio De Janeiro, 2016
Personal bests800m - 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 third7 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 201210 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

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References

  1. "Rd 7C - 28/11/2020 Athletics South 2020-21 Season Results - Rd 7C" (PDF). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  2. "AUSTRALIAN RANKING LIST 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  3. "Win for Clark at NSW 3000 Championships". www.susf.com.au. 12 November 2017.
  4. "Northern Tasmanian Athletics Interclub". Archived from the original on 7 March 2021.
  5. "Results List". thetimingguysresults.com.
  6. "IAAF/Cardiff University World Half Marathon Championships Cardiff 2016". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  7. "Kipyego and Chepkirui battle the cold to win in Amsterdam| News". www.worldathletics.org.
  8. "Bio - CLARK Milly". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016.
  9. "CLARK Milly - Olympic Athletics". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016.
  10. "Australian Championships - Women - 2011-12". athletics.possumbility.com.
  11. "Milly takes long way round to marathon". The Mercury. 25 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  12. "Kenyan holds out Aussie flyer in women's Gold Coast Marathon". Gold Coast Marathon. 22 June 2023.
  13. "Margaret Jack | Commonwealth Games Federation". Commonwealth Sport. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020.
  14. "Milly Clark (NSW) | Athletics Australia". www.athletics.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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