Mark Clarke (sailor) explained

Mark Clarke
Nationality:Caymanian
Sport:Sailing
Birth Date:1 October 1950

Mark Clarke (1 October 1950  - 22 October 2013) was a Caymanian sailor. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1] In 2013, Clarke went missing off the Cayman Islands in his boat, and his body was never found.[2] [3]

Athletics

Clarke sailed for the British territory at the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996. He has also won numerous national championships.https://www.the-review.com/story/news/2013/10/24/cayman-police-search-for-missing/19255328007/

Death

Mark dissapeared while on a solo fishing trip. He left Rackley’s Canal in the North Sound area of the Caymans aboard his 25-foot boat “Badger.” The next day his empty boat was found wedged on a coral reef off Cayman Kai. The Joint Marine and Air Operations Units of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) and local civillians carried out a comprehensive search of the area where the empty boat was found, but no sign of Clarke was found.https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1016631/former-olympic-sailor-s-empty-boat-found-off-cayman-islands-coast

Cayman Islands Olympic Committee President Donald McLean said the weather was "perfect" when Clarke disappeared.https://www.the-review.com/story/news/2013/10/24/cayman-police-search-for-missing/19255328007/

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mark Clarke . Olympedia . 22 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Police Updates: Connor murder/Malaysian charged/Missing Olympic sailor now s&r . iNews . 22 June 2020.
  3. Web site: Former Olympic sailor's empty boat found off Cayman Islands coast . Inside the Games . 22 June 2020.