David Hawkins (swimmer)

David Hawkins
Hawkins (left) at the 1950 British Empire Games
Personal information
Full nameDavid Frederick Hawkins
National team Australia
Born(1933-12-13)13 December 1933
Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Died5 November 2020(2020-11-05) (aged 86)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke, freestyle
College teamHarvard University (US)
Medal record
Representing  Australia
British Empire Games
1950 Auckland220 yd breaststroke
1954 Vancouver4×220 yd freestyle
1954 Vancouver3×110 yd medley
Representing Harvard
NCAA
1954 Syracuse100 yard butterfly
1954 Syracuse200 yard butterfly

David Frederick Hawkins (13 December 1933 – 5 November 2020) was an Australian world-class competition swimmer who won three gold medals at the British Empire Games in 1950 and 1954. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he reached the semifinals of the 200-metre breaststroke event.

Hawkins was the Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School.