Dave Dear

{{short description|British sprinter}} {{distinguish|Dear Dave}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Dave Dear | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|6|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Southampton]], England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = [[Sport of Athletics|Athletics]] | event = Sprints | height = | weight = | club = [[Southampton & Eastleigh AAC]] | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games|British Commonwealth Games]]}} {{MedalBronze| [[1970 British Commonwealth Games|1970 Edinburgh]] | [[Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games|4 x 100 metres relay]]}} }}

'''David Glyndwr Dear''' (born 8 June 1946 in [[Southampton]]) is a British former [[100 metres]] [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]].

== Athletics career == He competed in the [[1972 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/dave-dear-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041750/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/dave-dear-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=30 May 2013}}</ref>

He represented the [[England at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1966 England team]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004769/19660711/024/0024 |title=Men's team for Empire Games |work=Bristol Evening Post |date=11 July 1966 |p=24 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 December 2025}}</ref> in the sprint events, at the [[1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966/athletes|title=1966 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966|title=Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team|publisher=Team England}}</ref>

Four years later he won a [[bronze medal]] at the [[1970 British Commonwealth Games]], in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36843|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=2 August 2019|archive-date=2 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802113827/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36843|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970/athletes|title=1970 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970|title=Edinburgh, 1970 Team|publisher=Team England}}</ref>

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