Clive Longe

Clive Citrine Olaf Longe (23 February 1939 – 27 December 1986) was a British athlete and coach. He represented Great Britain in the men's decathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he placed 13th. He was inducted into the Welsh Athletics hall of fame in 2024.

Clive Longe

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1939-02-23)23 February 1939 British Guiana
Died	27 December 1986(1986-12-27) (aged 47) Hamilton, Bermuda
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Decathlon
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Wales Commonwealth Games 1966 Kingston Decathlon

Early life

Longe was born on 23 February 1939 in British Guiana.^[1] He attended Loughborough University.^[2] He served in the Royal Air Force.^[1]

Career

When Longe lived in Guyana, he was a basketball player. When both him and decathlete Hywel Williams were stationed at RAF St. Athan, he began to compete in athletics. During his career in athletics, Longe held records for discus, pole vault, and decathlon in Wales, the latter of which he held the records for the entirety of Britain.

He represented the 1966 Welsh team at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica,^[3] participating in one event;^[4] winning the silver medal in the decathlon.^[5]

He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he placed 13th. ^[1]

After retiring from athletics, Longe served as the national athletics coach for Bermuda.^[1]

Longe was inducted into the Welsh Athletics hall of fame posthumously in 2024.^[6]

Death

On Christmas Eve 1986, he strangled his estranged girlfriend to death, before killing himself two days later. He was believed to suffer from depression after she broke up with him.^[7][1][6]