David Rolfe

David John Rolfe (26 June 1964 – 7 January 2015) was a leg amputee Paralympic swimming and paracanoe competitor from Australia. He won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the Men's 4 × 100 m Medley 34 pts swimming event. He also competed in paracanoe world championship events.

Personal Rolfe was born on 26 June 1964 in Inverell, New South Wales. On 5 August 1993, he was involved in a head on car accident with a semi-trailer truck after falling asleep at the wheel. The accident resulted in Rolfe becoming above-the-knee right leg amputee. He was father to Eli and Laban. Outside of swimming and canoeing, Rolfe enjoyed cycling, rock climbing and sailing. He discontinued swimming three years after the Sydney Games. Rolfe was coached by Andrea Wood and based out of the Gold Coast Canoe Club. In 2010, Rolfe stated that "I had been water rafting and white water kayaking before my accident but because kayaking wasn't anywhere near Paralympic status then, I took up swimming which was the only other water sport in the programme". Rolfe was Australia's first paracanoe representative at world championships level when he competed in the Men's LTA K1 at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań, Poland. He also competed at the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships