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=wwww.olympic.ca|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|accessdate=6 July 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=17 November 2021|website=www.momentumvolleyball.ca/|publisher=Momentum Volleyball|access-date=7 July 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=7 July 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=11 December 2022|website=www.cbc.ca/sports/|agency=Canadian Press|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=7 July 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=24 June 2024|website=www.cbc.ca/sports/|agency=Canadian Press|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=7 July 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=28 June 2024|website=www.cbc.ca/sports/|agency=Canadian Press|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=7 July 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=28 June 2024|access-date=7 July 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=13 September 2016|website=www.pakmen.com/|publisher=Pakmen|access-date=7 July 2024}}
References
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External links
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Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in beach volleyball
Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Canadian men's beach volleyball players
Category:Volleyball players from Toronto
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen
Category:Beach volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics