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Danny Clark
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Clark
Born	30 August 1951 (age 73); George Town, Tasmania, Australia
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Major wins
	European championships: ; Omnium 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988; Derny 1985, 1986, 1990; Motor-paced 1988; Madison 1979, 1988
Medal record
Representing Australien
Men's cycling
Olympic Games
Commonwealth Games
Men's track cycling
UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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Daniel "Danny" Clark OAM^[1] (born 30 August 1951^[2] in George Town, Tasmania, Australia) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Australia, who was a professional rider from 1974 to 1997. He won five world championships and at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, came second in the 1,000m time trial.^[3]

Clark was often fastest finishing rider in six-day races, especially as Patrick Sercu slowed after the mid-1970s. Clark and the British rider, Tony Doyle, won many six-day races. Clark enjoyed the party atmosphere of the races, and continued to work in them as a Derny pacer after retiring.

Biography

Clark began cycling on a bike borrowed from a local enthusiast, which he used for three months before acquiring his eldest brother's semi-racer.^[4] He became one of the most successful riders in six-day racing in the 1970s and 1980s, winning 74 races, second to Patrick Sercu's 88. Most of these wins came after a crash in the 1983 Frankfurt six-day which broke his hip. Clark still carries a plate inserted to help the fracture heal and said that when sprinting or climbing, only his right leg delivered full power.^[4]

Clark won the Australian one-mile penny-farthing championship in Evandale, Tasmania, in 1989, beating the Briton Doug Pinkerton and Matthew Driver.^[5]

He lives in Surfers Paradise, near Brisbane.^[5]

Major results

Olympic Games

Munich 1972:
- Silver kilomètre

World championships

Besançon 1980:
- Keirin
Brno 1981:
- Keirin
- Silver, points
Leicester 1982:
- Silver, keirin
Zurich 1983:
- Silver, keirin
Bassano del Grappa 1985:
- Silver, Motor-paced
Vienna 1987:
- Silver, motor-paced
Ghent 1988:
- Motor-paced
Maebashi 1990:
- Bronze, motor-paced
- Bronze, points
Stuttgart 1991:
- Motor-paced

Six-days

Nouméa: 1972 with Malcom Hill
Sydney: 1974 with Frank Atkins
Ghent: 1976, 1979, 1982 with Don Allan, 1986 with Tony Doyle, 1987, 1994 with Etienne De Wilde, 1990 with Roland Günther
Münster: 1977, 1980 with Don Allan, 1988 with Tony Doyle
Rotterdam: 1977, 1978, 1985 with René Pijnen, 1981 with Don Allan, 1986 with Francesco Moser, 1987 with Pierangelo Bincoletto, 1988 with Tony Doyle
Antwerp: 1978 with Freddy Maertens, 1987 with Etienne De Wilde
London: 1978, 1980 with Don Allan
Copenhagen: 1978 with Don Allan, 1986, 1987 with Tony Doyle, 1989, 1992 with Urs Freuler, 1990, 1991 with Jens Veggerby, 1995 with Jimmi Madsen
Herning: 1978, 1982 with Don Allan
Bremen: 1979 with René Pijnen, 1987 with Dietrich Thurau, 1988 with Tony Doyle, 1990 with Roland Günther, 1994 with Andreas Kappes
Maastricht: 1979 with Don Allan, 1984 with René Pijnen, 1985, 1987 with Tony Doyle
Hannover: 1980 with Don Allan
Cologne: 1980 with René Pijnen, 1985 with Dietrich Thurau, 1989 with Tony Doyle
Munich: 1980, 1981 with Don Allan, 1986 with Dietrich Thurau, 1988, 1990 with Tony Doyle
Grenoble: 1980 with Bernard Thévenet, 1989 with Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle
Dortmund: 1982 with Henry Rinklin, 1983, 1986, 1988 with Tony Doyle, 1987 with Roman Hermann, 1991, 1995 with Rolf Aldag
Berlin: 1983, 1986, 1988 with Tony Doyle, 1984 with Horst Schütz, 1985 with Hans-Henrik Ørsted
Bassano del Grappa: 1986 with Roberto Amadio and Francesco Moser, 1988 with Francesco Moser, 1989 with Adriano Baffi
Launceston: 1986 with Tony Doyle
Paris: 1986 with Bernard Vallet, 1988 with Tony Doyle
Stuttgart: 1989 with Uwe Bolten, 1992 with Pierangelo Bincoletto, 1995 with Etienne De Wilde
Buenos Aires: 1993 with Marcelo Alexandre
Nouméa: 2000 with Graeme Brown

European championships

Omnium 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988
Derny 1985, 1986, 1990
Motor-paced 1988
Madison 1979 with Don Allan, 1988 with Tony Doyle

Honours

Clark received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1986^[1] and was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1987.^[6] He received an Australian Sports Medal and a Centenary Medal in 2001.^[7]^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Clark, Daniel, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
^ Site du Cyclisme, Rider database, Danny Clark
^ "Danny Clark Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b Licorice Gallery, Interview with Danny Clark
^ ^a ^b Canberra Bicycle Museum, Article about Danny Clark sourced from "Freewheel" Issue 11, New Zealand Archived 4 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Danny Clark". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
^ "Clark, Danny: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
^ "Clark, Daniel: Centenary Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

External links

Danny Clark at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
Daniel Clark at Commonwealth Games Australia
Daniel Clark at the Australian Olympic Committee
Danny Clark at Cycling Archives
Danny Clark article at CanberraBicycleMuseum.com.au at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 October 2009)

[oam-1] "Clark, Daniel, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

[SitCyc-2] Site du Cyclisme, Rider database, Danny Clark

[sports-reference-3] "Danny Clark Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2014.

[LicoriceG-4] Licorice Gallery, Interview with Danny Clark

[CanBike-5] Canberra Bicycle Museum, Article about Danny Clark sourced from "Freewheel" Issue 11, New Zealand Archived 4 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[6] "Danny Clark". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

[7] "Clark, Danny: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

[8] "Clark, Daniel: Centenary Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

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+{{MedalSilver | [[1970 Commonwealth Games|1970 Edinburgh]] | Individual Pursuit}}
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-'''Daniel "Danny" Clark''' [[Order of Australia|OAM]]<ref name="oam">{{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=886801&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Clark, Daniel, OAM|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=10 September 2013}}</ref> (born 30 August 1951<ref name="SitCyc">[http://www.siteducyclisme.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=1413 Site du Cyclisme, Rider database, Danny Clark]</ref> in [[Launceston, Tasmania]], [[Australia]]) is a retired [[track cyclist]] and [[road bicycle racer]] from [[Australia]], who was a professional rider from 1974 to 1997. He won five world championships and at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]], [[West Germany]], came second in the 1,000m time trial.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/danny-clark-1.html |title=Danny Clark Olympic Results |accessdate=30 October 2014 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911221437/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/danny-clark-1.html |archivedate=11 September 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
+'''Daniel "Danny" Clark''' [[Order of Australia|OAM]]<ref name="oam">{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886801|title=Clark, Daniel, OAM|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=10 September 2013}}</ref> (born 30 August 1951<ref name="SitCyc">[http://www.siteducyclisme.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=1413 Site du Cyclisme, Rider database, Danny Clark]</ref> in [[George Town, Tasmania]], [[Australia]]) is a retired [[track cyclist]] and [[road bicycle racer]] from [[Australia]], who was a professional rider from 1974 to 1997. He won five world championships and at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]], [[West Germany]], came second in the 1,000m time trial.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/danny-clark-1.html |title=Danny Clark Olympic Results |accessdate=30 October 2014 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911221437/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/danny-clark-1.html |archivedate=11 September 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
 Clark was often fastest finishing rider in six-day races, especially as [[Patrick Sercu]] slowed after the mid-1970s. Clark and the British rider, [[Tony Doyle (cyclist)|Tony Doyle]], won many six-day races. Clark enjoyed the party atmosphere of the races, and continued to work in them as a [[Derny]] pacer after retiring.
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 ==Biography==
-Clark began cycling on a bike borrowed from a local enthusiast, which he used for three months before acquiring his eldest brother's semi-racer.<ref name="LicoriceG">[http://licoricegallery.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=51 Licorice Gallery, Interview with Danny Clark]</ref></blockquote> He became one of the most successful riders in [[six-day racing]] in the 1970s and 1980s, winning 74 races, second to Patrick Sercu's 88. Most of these wins came after a crash in the 1983 [[Frankfurt]] six-day which broke his hip. Clark still carries a plate inserted to help the fracture heal and said that when sprinting or climbing, only his right leg delivered full power.<ref name="LicoriceG"/></blockquote>
+Clark began cycling on a bike borrowed from a local enthusiast, which he used for three months before acquiring his eldest brother's semi-racer.<ref name="LicoriceG">[http://licoricegallery.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=51 Licorice Gallery, Interview with Danny Clark]</ref> He became one of the most successful riders in [[six-day racing]] in the 1970s and 1980s, winning 74 races, second to Patrick Sercu's 88. Most of these wins came after a crash in the 1983 [[Frankfurt]] six-day which broke his hip. Clark still carries a plate inserted to help the fracture heal and said that when sprinting or climbing, only his right leg delivered full power.<ref name="LicoriceG"/>
 Clark won the Australian one-mile [[penny-farthing]] championship in Evandale, Tasmania, in 1989, beating the Briton Doug Pinkerton and Matthew Driver.<ref name="CanBike">[http://canberrabicyclemuseum.com.au/aust%20cyclists%20articles.htm#Danny%20Clark Canberra Bicycle Museum, Article about Danny Clark sourced from "Freewheel"  Issue 11, New Zealand ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004113421/http://canberrabicyclemuseum.com.au/aust%20cyclists%20articles.htm#Ken |date=4 October 2009 }}</ref>
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 * Bassano del Grappa 1985:
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-* Colorado Springs 1986:
-** [[File:Arc en ciel.svg|20px]] Derny
 * Vienna 1987:
 ** {{Silver2}} Silver, motor-paced
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 * Nouméa: 1972 with Malcom Hill
 * Sydney: 1974 with Frank Atkins
-* Ghent: 1976, 1979, 1982 with [[Don Allan]], 1986 with [[Tony Doyle (cyclist)|Tony Doyle]], 1987, 1994 with [[Etienne De Wilde]], 1990 with [[Roland Günther]]
+* Ghent: 1976, 1979, 1982 with [[Don Allan (cyclist)|Don Allan]], 1986 with [[Tony Doyle (cyclist)|Tony Doyle]], 1987, 1994 with [[Etienne De Wilde]], 1990 with [[Roland Günther]]
 * Münster: 1977, 1980 with Don Allan, 1988 with Tony Doyle
 * Rotterdam: 1977, 1978, 1985 with [[René Pijnen]], 1981 with Don Allan, 1986 with [[Francesco Moser]], 1987 with [[Pierangelo Bincoletto]], 1988 with Tony Doyle
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 ==Honours==
-Clark received a Medal of the [[Order of Australia]] in 1986<ref name="oam"/> and was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/danny-clark/|title=Danny Clark|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|accessdate=24 September 2020}}</ref> He received an [[Australian Sports Medal]] and a [[Centenary Medal]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=970587&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Clark, Danny: Australian Sports Medal|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=10 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1125827&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Clark, Daniel: Centenary Medal|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=10 September 2013}}</ref>
+Clark received a Medal of the [[Order of Australia]] in 1986<ref name="oam"/> and was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/danny-clark/|title=Danny Clark|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|accessdate=24 September 2020}}</ref> He received an [[Australian Sports Medal]] and a [[Centenary Medal]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/970587|title=Clark, Danny: Australian Sports Medal|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=10 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1125827|title=Clark, Daniel: Centenary Medal|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=10 September 2013}}</ref>
 ==References==
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+* {{Commonwealth Games Australia|daniel-clark|Daniel Clark}}
+* {{Australian Olympic Committee|daniel-clark|Daniel Clark}}
 * {{Cycling Archives|1413}}
-* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004113421/http://canberrabicyclemuseum.com.au/aust%20cyclists%20articles.htm#Ken#Danny%20Clark |date=4 October 2009 |title=Cycling Article }}
+* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004113421/http://canberrabicyclemuseum.com.au/aust%20cyclists%20articles.htm#Danny%20Clark |date=4 October 2009 |title=Danny Clark article at CanberraBicycleMuseum.com.au}}
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