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 = Athletics | event = Sprints | height = | weight = | club = Southampton & Eastleigh AAC | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|British Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze| 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.<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 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.<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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dear, Dave}} Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:English men sprinters Category:British men sprinters Category:Olympic athletes for Great Britain Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Category:Sportspeople from Romsey Category:Sportspeople from Hampshire Category:Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics