Dave Dear
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 June 1946 Southampton, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Southampton & Eastleigh AAC | ||||||||||||||
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David Glyndwr Dear (born 8 June 1946 in Southampton) is a British former 100 metres sprinter.
Athletics career
He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]
He represented the 1966 England team[2] in the sprint events, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[3][4]
Four years later he won a bronze medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, in Edinburgh, Scotland.[5][6][7]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dave Dear". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ "Men's team for Empire Games". Bristol Evening Post. 11 July 1966. p. 24. Retrieved 9 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.