- David Fitzsimons
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Medal record Men's Athletics Competitor for 
AustraliaIAAF World Cup Bronze 1977 Düsseldorf 5000 metres David Fitzsimons (23 April 1950 – 7 September 2008) was a former Australian Olympic athlete who competed in middle distance events.
A member of the Adelaide University Athletics Club, he represented Australia at two Olympic Games and two Commonwealth Games during his career.
Fitzsimons won eight Australian Championships in Athletics over 5000 metres and 10000 metres including the 5k/10k double on three occasions[1].
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Career record
During his athletics career, Fitzsimons represented Australia at two Olympic Games, two Commonwealth Games and two World Cups[1].
His greatest international achievement was placing third over 5000 metres at the inaugural IAAF World Cup in 1977[1].
Statistics
Personal Bests[2]
Event Performance Place Date 1500m 3-39.92 Christchurch, New Zealand 31 January 1974 2000m 5-06.6 Edmonton, Canada 2 August 1978 3000m 7-48.74 Goteborg, 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
- Australian athletics champions
References
Australian National Champions in Men's 5000 m 1930 – 1965: 3 miles • 1966 – 2008: 5000 metres 1930: George Hyde • 1932: Alex Hillhouse • 1934: Fred Colman • 1936: Jack Sheaves • 1937: Walter Weightman • 1947: George Campbell • 1948 – 1949: Neville McDonald • 1950 – 1953: Les Perry • 1954: Geoff Warren • 1955: Dave Stephens • 1956: John Landy • 1957 – 1959: Albie Thomas • 1960 – 1962: Dave Power • 1963: Trevor Vincent • 1964: Bill Baillie (NZL) • 1965 – 1969: 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 – 1979: David Fitzsimons • 1980 – 1982: Steve Austin • 1983 – 1984: Zephaniah Ncube (ZIM) • 1985: Andrew Lloyd • 1986: Malcolm Norwood • 1987: Gerard Barrett • 1988: Andrew Lloyd • 1989: Phil Clode (NZL) • 1990: Simon Doyle • 1991: Rod Higgins • 1992: Andrew Lloyd • 1993: Peter O'Donoghue • 1994: Julian Paynter • 1995: Daniel Komen (KEN) • 1996: David Kibet (KEN) • 1997: Paul Bitok (KEN) • 1998: Shaun Creighton • 1999: Benjamin Maiyo (KEN) • 2000: Michael Power • 2001: James Getanda (KEN) • 2002: Stephen Cherono (KEN) • 2003: Daniel Komen (KEN) • 2004 – 2008: Craig Mottram • 2009: Collis Birmingham
Categories:- 1950 births
- 2008 deaths
- Australian middle distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Australia
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