# Dave Dear

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British sprinter

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Dave Dear Personal information Nationality British (English) Born (1946-06-08) 8 June 1946 (age 80) Southampton, England Sport Sport Athletics Event Sprints Club Southampton & Eastleigh AAC Medal record Athletics Representing England British Commonwealth Games 1970 Edinburgh 4 x 100 metres relay

**David Glyndwr Dear** (born 8 June 1946 in [Southampton](/source/Southampton)) is a British former [100 metres](/source/100_metres) [sprinter](/source/Sprint_(running)).

## Athletics career

He competed in the [1972 Summer Olympics](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics).[1]

He represented the [1966 England team](/source/England_at_the_1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)[2] in the sprint events, at the [1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games](/source/1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games) in [Kingston](/source/Kingston%2C_Jamaica), [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica).[3][4]

Four years later he won a [bronze medal](/source/Bronze_medal) at the [1970 British Commonwealth Games](/source/1970_British_Commonwealth_Games), in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), Scotland.[5][6][7]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sref_1-0)** Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Dave Dear"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041750/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/dave-dear-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/dave-dear-1.html) on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Men's team for Empire Games"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004769/19660711/024/0024). *Bristol Evening Post*. 11 July 1966. p. 24. Retrieved 9 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["1966 Athletes"](https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966/athletes). Team England.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team"](https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966). Team England.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Athletes and results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190802113827/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36843). Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from [the original](https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36843) on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["1970 Athletes"](https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970/athletes). Team England.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Edinburgh, 1970 Team"](https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970). Team England.

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