Vic Clapham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Vic Clapham

Founder of the Comrades Marathon

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1886

Place of Birth: London

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

This page is about Vic Clapham, founder of the Comrades Marathon.
For his son, Vic Clapham the graphic artist well known in South African Scouting, see Victor J.
Clapham.Vic Clapham was the founder of the Comrades Marathon, the world's largest ultra-marathon, of approximately 90 km held annually between Durban and Pietermaritzburg in South Africa.
As a World War I veteran, Vic Clapham conceived the race to commemorate the South African soldiers killed during the war.
It was run for the first time on 24 May 1921 and has been run more than 80 times since then, now with an average field of 20,000 runners.