David Maxwell Strang

{{about|the athlete|the police officer|David Strang (police officer)}} {{Short description|British athlete}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = David Strang | image = | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | sport = Athletics | event = Middle-distance | club = Haringey AC | birth_date = 13 December 1968 | birth_place = Girvan, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | height =181 cm | weight =68 kg | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{SCO}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{ Medal | Silver | 1990 Auckland | 4x400m relay }} }} '''David Maxwell Strang''' (born 13 December 1968) is a Scottish former middle-distance runner who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69517 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref>

== Biography == Strang won a gold medal at the 1994 European Indoor Championships in Paris and a silver medal at the 1993 World Indoor Championships in Toronto over 1500 metres.

Strang was a three-times runner-up at the AAA Championships, twice over 800 metres in 1995 and 1996 and once over 1500 metres in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref>

Competing for the Stanford Cardinal track and field team, Strang finished 7th in the 800 m at the 1991 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.<ref name="800 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships">{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3369&event=6 |title=800 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=USTFCCCA |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{World Athletics||name=David Strang}}

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