Dawn Moncrieffe

{{short description|Canadian athlete}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Dawn Moncrieffe

| nationality = Afro-Canadian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|01|26}}

| birth_place = North Lambeth, London, England

| country = {{CAN}}

| sport = athletics

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Competition|Deaflympics}}

{{Medal|Gold|Sofia 1993 |1500m}}

{{Medal|Silver|Sofia 1993 |3000m}}

{{Medal|Silver|Sofia 1993 |800m}}

{{Medal|Bronze|Rome 2001 |1500m}}

}}

Dawn Marie Moncrieffe (born 26 January 1968) is a Canadian female deaf former track and field athlete.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=2363|title=Athlete Profile|website=www.thepowerof10.info|access-date=2017-11-11}} She has competed at the Deaflympics representing Canada in 1985, 1993 and in 2001. She had won a total of 4 medals in her Deaflympic career which spanned from 1985 to 2001.{{Cite web|url=https://www.deaflympics.com/athletes.asp?7272|title=Dawn Moncrieffe {{!}} Deaflympics|website=www.deaflympics.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330010433/https://www.deaflympics.com/athletes.asp?7272|archive-date=2019-03-30|url-status=dead}}

Dawn Moncrieffe was born to a family of African descent on 26 January 1968 in the north of Lambeth, England. She was born profoundly deaf due to the maternal rubella. Her family then migrated to Canada and settled in Winnipeg. Dawn studied and graduated at the Manitoba School for the Deaf which is located in Winnipeg.{{Cite web|url=https://liblists.wrlc.org/biographies/55810|title=Moncrieffe, Dawn Marie {{!}} Gallaudet University Library Guide to Deaf Biographies and Index to Deaf Periodicals|website=liblists.wrlc.org|language=en|access-date=2017-11-11}}

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