Dawn Marie Moncrieffe (born 26 January 1968) is a Canadian female deaf former

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athlete. She has competed at the

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representing

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in 1985, 1993 and in 2001. She had won a total of 4 medals in her Deaflympic career which spanned from 1985 to 2001. Dawn Moncrieffe was born to a family of African descent on 26 January 1968 in the north of

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. She was born profoundly deaf due to the maternal rubella. Her family then migrated to

and settled in

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. Dawn studied and graduated at the

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which is located in

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1968 births Living people Deaf competitors in athletics Canadian female middle-distance runners Canadian deaf people Canadian disabled sportspeople 20th-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub