{{Short description|Canadian high jumper (born 1954)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | birth_name = Dean Bauck | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|05|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | country = {{CAN}} | sport = Athletics | event = High jump | club = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|1978 Edmonton|High jump}} }} '''Dean Bauck''' (born 16 May 1954) is a Canadian former athlete who specialised in high jump.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110879555 |title=Canadians' Pen Pictures |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=24 November 1977 |accessdate=6 August 2021 |page=28}}</ref> He twice qualified for the Summer Olympics, but missed out on competing both times, due to a knee injury in 1976 and the boycott in 1980.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dean Bauck |url=http://www.deltasportshalloffame.ca/project/dean-bauck/ |publisher=Delta Sports Hall of Fame}}</ref>
An athlete from Delta, British Columbia, Bauck was a bronze medalist for Canada in high jump at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. His jump of 2.15m gave him a joint third-place finish with Scotland's Brian Burgess and he was one of three Canadians on the podium, with Claude Ferragne and Greg Joy getting gold and silver respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Games: Men's high jump |url=https://athleticsweekly.com/commonwealth-games/commonwealth-games-mens-high-jump-7241/ |website=Athletics Weekly |date=26 July 2014}}</ref>
Bauck had a fifth-placed finish at the 1979 Pan American Games.
In 1981 he earned a gold medal at the Pacific Conference Games in Christchurch after a personal best 2.21m jump.<ref>{{cite news |title=21 medals for Canada's contingent |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-feb-02-1981-p-63 |work=Winnipeg Free Press |date=2 February 1981}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{World Athletics|14353865}} *{{CGF profile|38719}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bauck, Dean}} Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian men high jumpers Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Category:Sportspeople from Delta, British Columbia Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Category:Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen Category:Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics