{{short description|British sailor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = David Howlett | full_name = | honorific_suffix = MBE | image = | caption = | nationality = British | sport = [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|11|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Wellingborough]], England | death_date = | death_place = }}

'''David "Sid" John Howlett''' (born 24 November 1951) is a British [[sailing (sport)|sailor]]. He competed at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] and the [[1992 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62394 |title=David Howlett |work=Olympedia |accessdate=13 June 2020}}</ref> He went on to coaching supporting both [[Iain Percy]] and [[Ben Ainslie]] to Olympic Gold.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0jEDE9MLWY&t=2s|title=Finn coach David Howlett talks about Ben Ainslie and the Olympic Sailing Regatta|publisher=Royal Yachting Association|date=28 July 2012|access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref> In the [[2013 New Year Honours]], Howlett was appointed an [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] for services to "sailing and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games".<ref>{{Cite web |title=NY13 - London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/80169/NY2013-honours-London-2012.pdf |access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref>

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