David Fitzsimons

 ( 1950 Births ) 

David Fitzsimons (23 April 1950 – 7 September 2008) was a former Olympic Games athlete who competed in middle distance events and civil engineer.

A member of the Adelaide University Athletics Club, he represented Australia at two Olympic Games and two Commonwealth Games during his career. Inducted into the South Australian Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000. Fitzsimons won eight Australian Championships in Athletics over 5000 metres and 10000 metres including the 5k/10k double on three occasions. Athletics Australia profile - Dave Fitzsimons

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Engineering Fitzsimons worked for 30 years at the Transport Department of the South Australian Government. He was the supervising engineer of a road bridge which replaced a level crossing on Park Terrace on what became the city ring route of Adelaide. The Park Terrace bridge over the Gawler railway line and interstate freight line is 120 metres long and was constructed in 1990. It was named after Fitzsimons in 2017.

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Athletics career record During his athletics career, Fitzsimons represented Australia at two Olympic Games, two Commonwealth Games and two World Cups.

Fitzsimons's greatest international achievement was placing third over 5000 metres at the inaugural IAAF World Cup in 1977.

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Statistics

Personal Bests Athletics Australia - all time performances

31 January 1974

2 August 1978

16 July 1978

11 January 1979

4 September 1977

9 September 1977

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See also

• Australian athletics champions

Categories: 1950 Births, 2008 Deaths, Australian Male Middle-distance Runners, Athletes At The 1976 Summer Olympics, Athletes At The 1980 Summer Olympics, Olympic Athletes For Australia, Athletes At The 1974 British Commonwealth Games, Athletes At The 1978 Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games Athletes For Australia, Australian Civil Engineers, Sportsmen From South Australia, Australian Athletics Championships Winners, 20th-century Australian Sportsmen

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