David Staples

{{short description|Olympic sailor from Barbados}}

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| fullname = David Murray Staples

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David Staples (born: 27 August 1953) is a sailor from Barbados. who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain as crew member in the Soling. With helmsman Richard Hoad and fellow crew member Jason Teller they took the 22nd place.