David Scott Baxter (27 March 1977 – 2 July 2010) was an Australian athlete who competed as a sprinter.

He attended Ivanhoe Grammar School and trained at Doncaster Little Athletics.

[2] In 1996, after winning the 100m and 200m national under-20 titles, Baxter represented Australia at that year's World Junior Championships and was a member of the 4 × 100 metres relay team which won a bronze medal.

Most notably in 2002, he won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in the 4 × 100 metres relay.

He held a research position at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and was studying for a PhD at Monash University before his death from melanoma in 2010.