David Weller (born 11 February 1957) is a retired

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. Weller won a bronze medal in 1000 metres time trial at the

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, becoming the first (and still the only) Jamaican to win an Olympic medal in another sport than

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. At the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles 1984, Weller finished sixth as a result of a serious pre-Olympic competition injury received in a crash in Medellin, Colombia two months before his 1984 Olympic competition.

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