Dave Steen (shot putter)

Dave Steen

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Canada
Commonwealth Games
	1962 Perth	Shot put
	1966 Kingston	Shot put
	1970 Edinburgh	Shot put
Pan American Games
	1967 Winnipeg	Shot put

David Lorne Steen (born 2 January 1942)^[1] is a Canadian former track and field athlete who specialised in the shot put. He was a two-time gold medallist in the event at the Commonwealth Games in 1966 and 1970, breaking games records both times. He had won the bronze medal at the 1962 event. His personal record was 19.21 m (63 ft 1⁄4 in), set in 1970.

He was a nine-time national champion in throwing events at the Canadian Track and Field Championships. Also among his honours were a shot put bronze at the 1967 Pan American Games and two bronze medals in the shot and discus at the 1969 Pacific Conference Games. He was coached by Bill Bowerman within the Oregon Ducks track and field program and was part of the winning team for the 1962 American collegiate NCAA title.

After retiring from sport, he became a writer. He was a journalist at the Toronto Star from 1968 to 1994, wrote several non-fiction books on exercise, and published his first novel A Bicycle Story in 2022.