{{short description|English sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Ian Green | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|1|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Buckrose, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = Sprints | height = | weight = | club = Luton United AC | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1970 Edinburgh | 4 x 100m relay}} }}
'''Ian David Green''' (born 13 January 1946), is a male former athlete who competed for England.
== Biography == Running for Luton United AC, Green finished second behind Don Halliday in the 100 metres event at the 1969 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000729/19690803/157/0015 |title=White City results |work=The People |date=3 August 1969 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19690802/016/0016 |title=Shock victory by Irish middle-distance man |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=2 August 1969 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref> He then competed in the 1969 European Athletics Championships.
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<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><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36074|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=13 August 2019|archive-date=13 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813160932/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36074|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shortly after the Games, Green finished on the podium again at the 1970 AAA Championships.<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=11 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Ian}} Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from the East Riding of Yorkshire Category:English men sprinters Category:British men sprinters Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics Category:Competitors at the 1970 Summer Universiade