Daniel Dearing
{{short description|Canadian beach volleyball player}}
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|sport = Beach volleyball
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|01|13|mf=yes}}
|birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|height = 198 cm
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{{MedalSport|Men's Beach volleyball}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|Men's}}
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Daniel Dearing (born January 13, 1990) is a Canadian volleyball athlete competing primarily in the beach discipline.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/Daniel-Dearing/ |title=Daniel Dearing |website=olympic.ca |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |accessdate=July 6, 2024}}
Career
In November 2021, Dearing came out of a seven-year retirement and teamed up with Sam Schachter with the aim of qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://momentumvolleyball.ca/schachter-and-dearing-team-up-in-new-beach-partnership/ |title=Schachter and Dearing Team Up in New Beach Partnership |last=Cordonier |first=Emily |date=November 17, 2021 |website=www.momentumvolleyball.ca/ |publisher=Momentum Volleyball |access-date=July 7, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://sandcastvolleyball.com/sam-schachter-and-dan-dearing-from-considering-retirement-to-the-honeymoon-phase/ |title=Sam Schachter and Dan Dearing: From considering retirement to the honeymoon phase |last=Mewhirter |first=Travis |website=www.sandcastvolleyball.com |publisher=Sandcast Volleyball |access-date=July 7, 2024}} In the summer of 2022, Dearing and Schachter won silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. At the 2022 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour Finals, Dearing and Schachter won the gold medal.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/volleyball/beach/canada-gold-beach-volleyball-tour-schachter-dearing-dec-11-1.6682408 |title=Canada's Schachter, Dearing strike gold at Beach Volleyball Tour Finals |date=December 11, 2022 |website=www.cbc.ca/sports/ |agency=Canadian Press |publisher=CBC Sports |access-date=July 7, 2024}}
In June 2024, Dearing qualified to compete for Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/volleyball/olympics-beach-volleyball-qualify-june24-1.7244433 |title=Canadian beach volleyball teams qualify for Paris |date=June 24, 2024 |website=www.cbc.ca/sports/ |agency=Canadian Press |publisher=CBC Sports |access-date=July 7, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/volleyball/humana-paredes-wilkerson-beach-volleyball-archery-gymnastics-olympics-1.7249859 |title=Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson officially named to Canada's Olympic beach volleyball team |date=June 28, 2024 |website=www.cbc.ca/sports/ |agency=Canadian Press |publisher=CBC Sports |access-date=July 7, 2024}}{{cite web |last=Fenton |first=Caela |title=Six Team Canada beach volleyball players ready to serve it up at Paris 2024 |url=https://olympic.ca/2024/06/28/six-team-canada-beach-volleyball-players-ready-to-serve-it-up-at-paris-2024/ |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |date=June 28, 2024 |access-date=July 7, 2024}}
Personal life
Dearing is an alumnus of North Albion Collegiate Institute in Toronto and York University.{{cite web |url=https://www.pakmen.com/beach-volleyball-star-dearing-head-brampton-pakmen/ |title=Beach Volleyball Star Dearing to Head up Brampton Pakmen |last=Winer |first=David |date=September 13, 2016 |website=www.pakmen.com/ |publisher=Pakmen |access-date=July 7, 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{FIVB player|name=Daniel Dearing}}
- {{Beach Volleyball Database|name=Daniel Dearing}}
- {{Volleyball Canada|daniel-dearing|Daniel Dearing}}
- {{Team Canada|daniel-dearing|Daniel Dearing}}
- {{Olympics.com|daniel-dearing|Daniel Dearing}}
- {{Instagram|name=Dan Dearing}}
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Category:Canadian men's beach volleyball players
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in beach volleyball
Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Olympic beach volleyball players for Canada
Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics