David Mercer (born 16 April 1961 in Salford, United Kingdom) is a weightlifter from Great Britain. He competed for Great Britain in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

held in Los Angeles, United States in the Middle-heavyweight (90 kg) event where (in the absence of the boycotting Soviet nations) he finished in third place. Four years later he competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul but was unable to win a second medal, finishing in sixth place.

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