| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | (1939-02-23)23 February 1939 British Guiana |
| Died | 27 December 1986(1986-12-27) (aged 47) Hamilton, Bermuda |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Decathlon |
Clive Citrine Olaf Longe (23 February 1939 – 27 December 1986) was a British athlete.
Early life
He attended Loughborough University.
Career
He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Competing for Wales, he won a silver medal in the decathlon at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Personal life
On Christmas Eve 1986, while he was Bermuda's national athletics coach, he killed his girlfriend, before killing himself two days later.
References
- Birmingham Daily Post Tuesday 6 August 1968, page 34
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Clive Longe Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- "December 31, 1986". Los Angeles Times. 31 December 1986. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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- British male decathletes
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
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- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales
- Guyanese emigrants to Wales
- Black British sportsmen
- British athletics coaches
- Murder–suicides in North America
- Suicides in the United Kingdom
- Suicides by poison
- Violent deaths in Bermuda
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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