Dave Dear

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Dave Dear
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1946-06-08) 8 June 1946 (age 79)
Southampton, England
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
Sprints
Club Southampton & Eastleigh AAC
Medal record
Athletics
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
British Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1970 Edinburgh 4 x 100 metres relay

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Men's team for Empire Games" . Bristol Evening Post. 11 July 1966. p. 24. Retrieved 9 December 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ↑ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
  5. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  7. ↑ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
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