David Young was a Scottish athlete who specialised in the discus throw and won a silver medal at the 1938 British Empire Games.

[1] Self coached, Young won his first Scottish Championship for discus in 1937 and the following year claimed a silver medal at the British Empire Games in Sydney, which was Scotland's only medal of the athletics competition.

[2] After the Empire Games, Young finished second behind Adolfo Consolini in the discus throw event at the 1938 AAA Championships[3][4][5] and set a British record of 153.8 ft in winning the Scottish Championships in 1938.

[1] The war and personal tragedy limited Young's sporting career.

After the war, he became an inspector in the traffic department of the police force.