David Fitzsimons

David Fitzsimons (23 April 1950 – 7 September 2008) was a former Australian Olympic athlete who competed in middle distance events and civil engineer.

A member of the Adelaide University Athletics Club, he represented Australia at two Olympic Games and two Commonwealth Games during his career. Inducted into the South Australian Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000. Fitzsimons won eight Australian Championships in Athletics over 5000 metres and 10000 metres including the 5k/10k double on three occasions.

Engineering Fitzsimons worked for 30 years at the Transport Department of the South Australian Government. He was the supervising engineer of a road bridge which replaced a level crossing on Park Terrace on what became the city ring route of Adelaide. The Park Terrace bridge over the Gawler railway line and interstate freight line is 120 metres long and was constructed in 1990. It was named after Fitzsimons in 2017.

Athletics career record During his athletics career, Fitzsimons represented Australia at two Olympic Games, two Commonwealth Games and two World Cups. Event Performance Place Date 1500m 3-39.92 Christchurch, New Zealand 31 January 1974 2000m 5-06.6 Edmonton, Canada 2 August 1978 3000m 7-48.74 Gothenburg, Sweden 16 July 1978 2 miles 8-28.0 Melbourne, Australia 11 January 1979 5000m 13–17.42 Düsseldorf, Germany 4 September 1977 10000m 28–04.64 London, Great Britain 9 September 1977