David Lee Nicholson

{{short description|British rower}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}

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| name = David Lee Nicholson

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| nationality = British

| sport = Rowing

| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|1|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Scarborough, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1967|1|7|1938|1|31|df=yes}}

| death_place = Doncaster, England

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{{MedalSport | Rowing}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|British Empire & Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1962 Perth | coxless pair}}

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James David Lee Nicholson (31 January 1938 – 7 January 1967) was a British rower.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/james-lee-nicholson|title=Profile|publisher=Olympic.org}} He competed in the men's coxless pair event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/david-lee-nicholson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035935/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/david-lee-nicholson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=David Lee Nicholson Olympic Results |accessdate=14 August 2018}} He represented Britain in the inaugural 1962 World Rowing Championships with Stewart Farquharson in the coxless pairs, in which they won the B final.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS50553642/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=98b05624|title=From Our Rowing Correspondent. "Ivanov Overhauls Tiring Mackenzie In Sculls." Times, 10 Sept. 1962, p. 3|website=Times Digital Archives}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS51602214/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=d3932028|title=FROM OUR ROWING CORRESPONDENT. "British Team All Report Fit." Times, 6 Sept. 1962, p. 3|website=Times Digital Archives}}

He also represented England and won a gold medal in the coxless pair with Stewart Farquharson, at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. They both rowed for the University of London Boat Club at the time.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS67593084/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=b7d9f0b7|title=From Our Special Correspondent. "English Crews Excel In Rowing Finals." Times, 28 Nov. 1962, p. 4.|work=The Times Digital Archive}} Nicholson died in a four-vehicle crash near Doncaster in 1967.{{Cite news |date=1967-01-08 |title=Top oarsman killed in motorway crash |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-observer/140719044/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |work=The Observer |pages=2}}