David Aspin

{{Short description|New Zealand wrestler (born 1950)}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2014}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = David Aspin

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| full_name = David Anthony Aspin

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|24 June 1950}}

| birth_place = Waiuku, New Zealand

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's freestyle wrestling}}

{{MedalCountry|{{NZL}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold|1974 Christchurch|Middleweight}}

{{MedalBronze|1970 Edinburgh|Middleweight}}

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David Anthony Aspin (born 24 June 1950) is a wrestler from Waiuku, New Zealand.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/david-aspin-1.html |title=David Aspin |access-date=2008-08-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519152626/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/david-aspin-1.html |archive-date=19 May 2011 }} He competed in the freestyle wrestling discipline, where he was the 1974 Commonwealth Games champion and 1970 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist, in the middleweight category.{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=1157&id=3774 |title=David Aspin |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |access-date=2008-08-15 }}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} He was also New Zealand's flag bearer at the opening ceremonies of the 1972 Summer Olympics, in Munich, and at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/4647574a26500.html |title=Mighty Mahe to carry the flag |date=7 August 2008 |publisher=Stuff |access-date=2008-08-15}} Aspin and Arthur Porritt are the only New Zealand Olympians to have carried the flag at two different Olympics.