Dick Hooper
Achievements

Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Notes
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Representing Ireland
Representing Ireland
Representing Ireland
Representing Ireland
Representing Ireland
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1978
Irish National Marathon Championship
Tullamore
Gold
2:23:19
18 June 1978
1978
1978 European Championships in Athletics
Prague
29th
2:21:01
3 September 1978
1980
Dublin Marathon
Dublin
Gold
2:16:14
26 October 1980
1980
Irish National Marathon Championship
Tullamore
Gold
2:16:27
8 July 1980
1980
Moscow Olympics
Moscow
38th place
2:23:53
1 August 1980
1981
Irish National Marathon Championship
Cork
Gold
2:15:37
7 June 1981
1982
Irish National Marathon Championship
Limerick
Gold
2:12:56
6 June 1982
1982
1982 European Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon
Athens
11th place
2:20:51
12 September 1982
1984
Irish National Marathon Championship
Cork
Gold
2:14:39
23 April 1984
1984
Los Angeles Olympics
Los Angeles
51st place
2:24:41
12 August 1984
1985
Dublin Marathon
Dublin
Gold
2:13:48
27 October 1985
1986
Dublin Marathon
Dublin
Gold
2:18:10
26 October 1986
1986
1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon
Stuttgart
16th place
2:17.45
30 August 1986
1987
1987 Dublin Marathon
Dublin
Bronze
2:14:36
25 October 1987
1988
Irish National Marathon Championship
Wexford
Silver
2:12:19 PB
24 April 1988
1988
Seoul Olympics
Seoul
24th place
2:17:16
2 October 1988
1990
1990 European Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon
Split
23rd place
2:32.36
1 September 1990
1998
Irish National Marathon Championship
Killenaule
Gold
(2:22:08)
19 April 1998
1998
New York City Marathon
New York City
34th place
2:22:46
1 November 1998

Question: What years did Hooper win the Dublin Marathon and what was his personal best time?
Answer: Dick Hooper is a three-time winner of the Dublin Marathon in 1980, 1985 and 1988 and he set his personal best time at the 1988 Irish National Championship in Wexford, clocking 2:12:19, finishing in 2nd place.