Dawn Moncrieffe

Dawn Marie Moncrieffe (born 26 January 1968) is a Canadian female deaf former track and field athlete.[1] 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.[2]

Dawn Moncrieffe

Personal information
Nationality	Afro-Canadian
Born	(1968-01-26) 26 January 1968 North Lambeth, London, England
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	athletics
Medal record Deaflympics Sofia 1993 1500m Sofia 1993 3000m Sofia 1993 800m Rome 2001 1500m

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.[3]

References

1. "Athlete Profile". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
2. "Dawn Moncrieffe | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
3. "Moncrieffe, Dawn Marie | Gallaudet University Library Guide to Deaf Biographies and Index to Deaf Periodicals". liblists.wrlc.org. Retrieved 2017-11-11.