Daniel Dearing (born January 13, 1990) is a Canadian volleyball athlete competing primarily in the beach discipline.

Career

In November 2021, Dearing came out of a seven-year retirement and teamed up with

Sam Schachter Samuel Schachter (born May 8, 1990) is a Canadian Olympic beach volleyball player. In 2010 he won the FIVB World Junior (U-21) Championship with Garrett May. He and partner Josh Binstock were 2014 Canadian national champions, and represented Ca ...

with the aim of qualifying for the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

. In the summer of 2022, Dearing and Schachter won silver at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England betw ...

. At the 2022 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour Finals, Dearing and Schachter won the gold medal. In June 2024, Dearing qualified to compete for

Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics Canada competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Since Canada's debut in 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900, Canadians, Canadian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for t ...

Personal life

Dearing is an alumnus of

North Albion Collegiate Institute North Albion Collegiate Institute (abbreviated as North Albion CI, NACI or North Albion) is a high school in the Etobicoke area of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Toronto District School Board. Prior to 1998, it was part of ...

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

and

York University York University (), also known as YorkU or simply YU), is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, and it has approximately 53,500 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, ...

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