{{short description|English athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Dennis Cakebread | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = Third quarter 1938 | birth_place = Coventry | death_date = | death_place = | education = King Henry VIII School, Coventry | occupation = Chartered Surveyor | years_active = 40 | sport = Athletics / Rugby Union | event = Long Jump | employer = 1. Coventry City Council. 2.Inland Revenue District Valuer | agent = | height = | weight = | club = Coventry Godiva Harriers }}
'''Dennis William Cakebread''' (born 1938), is a male former athlete who competed for England.
== Biography == Cakebread was a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers and won the 1958 Midland long jump title.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002134/19580623/281/0010 |title=The Day's results |work=Birmingham Daily Post |p=10 |date=23 June 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 September 2025}}</ref>
He represented England athletics team]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19580629/024/0024 |title=Eldon Runs Six Miles At Cardiff |work=Birmingham Weekly Mercury |p=24 |date=29 June 1958 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=27 September 2025}}</ref> in the long jump at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39053|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725190806/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/39053|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/cardiff-1958/athletes|title=1958 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref>
In 1960 he joined the Royal Air Force for his 2 years National Service, serving as an Accounts Clerk. He performed his basic training at RAF Bridgenorth and Technical Training at RAF Cranwell. He continued his sporting activity by representing the Royal Air Force at both Triple Jump and Long Jump against the Army and Royal Navy in the Inter-Services Athletic Championships before going on to represent the Combined Services against the Amateur Athletic Association.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}
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