![]() Doug Clement in 2013 | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 15 July 1933||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sprinting | ||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||
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Doug Clement (born 15 July 1933) is a Canadian sprinter. [1] He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 440 yards relay at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games alongside Terry Tobacco, Joe Foreman, and Laird Sloan. [2] Clement attended the University of Oregon and University of British Columbia, where he obtained undergraduate and medical degrees respectively. [3] He was also responsible for the introduction of sports medicine to Canada. [4] Along with his wife, Diane, they have both been an integral part of athletics in British Columbia. [5]
Clement was born Montreal, Quebec, in 1933. [1] He attended the University of Oregon on a track scholarship in the 1950s. [1]
Clement competed at two Olympic Games. [4] At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he competed in the men's 400 metres, but finished in last place in his heat. [6] He was also part of the Canadian team for the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, with the team finishing in fourth place. [7] Four years later, at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Clement competed in the men's 800 metres, but again did not get out of the heats. [8] Once again, he was also part of the team for the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, finishing in fifth place. [9]
In between the two Olympic Games, Clememt also represented Canada at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver. [4] In the men's 4 × 440 yards relay, [10] he was part of the team that won the silver medal. [11] He then went to the University of British Columbia, studying for a medical degree, before retiring from sport in 1959. [1]
Clement went on to become a medical researcher, and taught at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia. [1] His wife, Diane also competed in the athletics events at the 1956 Summer Olympics, [12] with the two of them forming a track club in 1962. [13]
Clement has been inducted into the University of British Columbia Hall of Fame and the British Columbia Sports Halls of Fame, [14] along with being inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame. [4] He was also made an Order of Canada in 1992. [1] In 2019, his wife was awarded with the Order of Canada too. [15]