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Donald Gene Clary Jr. (born July 29, 1957) is an American former long-distance runner who competed mainly in 5000 meters and cross country running. He represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics and competed three times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, taking a junior title in 1975 and a senior team silver medal in 1980. He was the 3000 meters silver medallist at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games.
He went on to attend the University of Oregon and ran for the Oregon Ducks collegiate team. At the 1978 NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country Championships he placed seventh and was runner-up in the team rankings alongside classmate Alberto Salazar. He ran the 3000-meter steeplechase at the 1978 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and reached seventh place. Don Clary. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-02-14. He won his first national title that year, however, doing so in the one hour run.
His senior international debut came at the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where his 43rd-place finish ina team of Craig Virgin (the winner), Daniel Dillon, Kenneth Martin, Steve Plasencia, and Mark Anderson brought the Americans the silver medals.
Clary was third in the 5000 m at the Olympic trials in 1984 and thus gained his first selection. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics he came twelfth in the semi-finals. The only international individual medal of his career came at the newly launched 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games. At the event in Paris he was a close runner-up to Portugal's João Campos and took the silver medal. IAAF World Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-14. He placed high nationally in the two following seasons, taking third in 1986 and fourth in 1987 at the national championships, but never competed at a major international event after that.
International competitions
1975 World Cross Country Championships Rabat, Morocco 5th Junior race 21:38 1st Junior team 29 pts 1980 World Cross Country Championships Paris, France 43rd Senior race 38:23 2nd Senior team 163 pts 1982 World Cross Country Championships Rome, Italy 27th Senior race 34:49 6th Senior team 300 pts 1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 12th (semis) 5000 m 13:46.02 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games Paris, France 2nd 3000 m 7:57.78
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Categories: 1957 Births, Living People, Sportspeople From Anchorage, Alaska, Track And Field Athletes From Alaska, American Men Long-distance Runners, American Men Steeplechase Runners, Olympic Track And Field Athletes For The United States, Athletes At The 1983 Pan American Games, Athletes At The 1984 Summer Olympics, Oregon Ducks Men's Track And Field Athletes, Oregon Ducks Men's Cross Country Runners, World Athletics Indoor Championships Medalists, 20th-century American Sportsmen
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