Cummin Clancy (9 November 1922 – 15 February 2013) was an Irish

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, who competed at the

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Biography

Clancy was educated at Glann National School and later graduated from

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in the U.S. and became a successful businessman in

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. Clancy won the British

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title in the discus throw event at the 1948 AAA Championships. Shortly afterwards he represented the Ireland at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, where he participated in the men's discus throw competition finishing 22nd.Clancy He died in 2013, aged 90, at his home in Garden City, Nassau County, New York.

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1922 births 2013 deaths American businesspeople Irish expatriates in the United States Irish male discus throwers Olympic athletes for Ireland Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes from County Galway 20th-century Irish sportsmen {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub