David Bowker (sailor)

{{Short description|British sailor (1922–2020)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox sailor

| name = David Bowker

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|3|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Salford, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|3|18|1922|3|15|df=yes}}

| death_place = England

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Sailing }}

{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}

{{Medal|Competition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 1956 Melbourne | 5.5 metre class }}

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David Graham Bowker (15 March 1922 – 18 March 2020) was a British sailor.{{Olympedia|61432}} He won a silver medal in the 5.5 metre class at the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/david-bowker-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042747/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/david-bowker-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}} Born the third of five children in Salford, he was a bomber pilot in the Second World War before going on to start a yacht-building business in Bosham with his older brother Robin.