Richard Hooper is a former long-distance runner from Raheny, Dublin, Ireland. He represented Ireland in the Olympic marathon in Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988. He also represented Ireland four times in the European Championships - in Czechoslovakia 1978, Athens 1982, Stuttgart 1986 and Split 1990. He is a three-time record-holding winner of the Dublin Marathon in 1980, 1985 and 1988 ... show more