David is best known for his world-recordbreaking
and medal-winning exploits on the track in the 1970s and 80s, then for his athletics punditry on BBC TV.

In 20 years as an international athlete he won two Commonwealth Golds, competed in three Olympic Games, and set British and European records.

David covered athletics events for BBC television and radio between 1983 and 1997. At the same time, he was developing
the Coventry Sports Foundation for which he was Chief Executive from 1981 to 1995 (and remains a Trustee).

He was appointed Chief Executive of UK Athletics in 1997.

David increased UK Athletics' investment in grass-roots athletics to well over £3m a year with an additional £80m of public funding in outdoor and indoor facilities - the biggest public investment of its kind in any sport in the UK.

He oversaw the creation of programmes and a performance environment for talented athletes that has produced medals at recent World and European Championships. David was awarded an MBE in 1983 and an OBE in 1998 for his services to British sport.