Georgia Davies

British swimmer (born 1990)

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Georgia Davies

Personal information

Full name| Georgia Beth Davies
National team| Great Britain
Wales
Born|  (1990-10-11) 11 October 1990 (age 34)
London, England
Height| 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight| 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Backstroke
Club| Energy Standard
Loughborough University
Coach| James Gibson

Medal record

Women's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
| 2019 Gwangju | 4×100 m mixed medley
World Championships (SC)
| 2016 Windsor | 100 m backstroke
| 2018 Hangzhou | 100 m backstroke
European Championships (LC)
|  2016 London | 4×100 m mixed medley
|  2016 London  | 4×100 m medley
|  2018 Glasgow | 50 m backstroke
| 2018 Glasgow | 4×100 m mixed medley
|  2014 Berlin | 50 m backstroke
|  2018 Glasgow  | 100 m backstroke
|  2014 Berlin  | 100 m backstroke
|  2014 Berlin  | 4x100 m medley
| 2016 London  | 50 m backstroke
|  2018 Glasgow  | 4×100 m medley
European Championships (SC)
|  2011 Szczecin | 50 m backstroke
| 2019 Glasgow | 100 m backstroke
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
|  2014 Glasgow | 50 m backstroke
|  2014 Glasgow  | 100 m backstroke
|  2010 Delhi | 50 m backstroke
|  2018 Gold Coast | 50 m backstroke
|  2018 Gold Coast  | 4×100 m medley

Georgia Beth Davies (born 11 October 1990) is a British competition swimmer who has represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships, and swam for Wales in the Commonwealth Games.[1] She has won gold in the Commonwealth Games and European Championships. She currently represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.

## Career

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### Early career (2010-2012)

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Georgia Davies made her senior breakthrough as part of the Wales team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, entering 5 events.[2] She won a bronze medal in the 50 metre backstroke. She also made the finals in the 100 metre backstroke, where she finished 6th, the 4x100 metre medley relay, where she finished 4th and the 4x200 metre freestyle relay, where she finished 6th. She also competed in the 200 metre freestyle, finishing 15th.[3]

She competed for Team GB at the 2011 World Championships, where she made the final as part of the 4x100 metre medley team, eventually finishing 6th. She also competed in the 50m backstroke, finishing 10th and missing out on the final.[4]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 100-metre backstroke, finishing 6th in the heats. However, she was eliminated in the semifinal in 15th position.[5]

### Later career (2014-present)

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Georgia Davies competed in 2 events in the 2013 World Championships, the 50 metre backstroke, where she made the final and finished 6th and the 100 metre backstroke, where she finished 19th.[6]

In 2014, Davies won the gold medal in the 50 metre backstroke in a Games record, and silver in the 100 metre backstroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[7] A month later, she won silver in the 50m backstroke and bronze in the 100-metre backstroke and 4×100-metre medley relay at the 2014 European Championships.[8] She won the bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke at the 2014 World Championships (SC).

She represented Team GB again in the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she competed in the 100 metre backstroke but again went out in the semifinals, finishing 10th.[9] She made an Olympic final as part of the 4x100 metre medley relay team, finishing 7th.[10]

At the 2017 World Championships, Davies made finals in the 4x100 metre medley relay and 50 metre backstroke, finishing 7th and 8th respectively. She also competed in the 100 metre backstroke, finishing 10th.[11]

Davies represented Team Wales for the third time at the 2018 Commonwealth Games[12] and Davies returned from Australia a double bronze medallist in the 50 metre backstroke[13] and 4x100 metre medley relay.

At the 2018 European Championships, Davies won gold in the 50 metre backstroke finishing in 27.23 seconds.[14] She won another gold when she won as part of the team in the mixed 4 × 100m medley.[15] She added a silver in the 100 metre backstroke,[16] and a bronze in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay.[17]

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea, Davies won a bronze as part of the British team in the 4 × 100 m mixed medley relay.[18]

### International Swimming League

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In the Autumn of 2019 she was member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the Energy Standard International Swim Club, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.[19]

## References

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1. ^ "Georgia Davies". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013.
2. ^ "Commonwealth Games 2010: Swimming results". 30 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
3. ^ "Commonwealth Games 2010: Swimming results". 30 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
4. ^ "Georgia Davies". British Swimming. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
5. ^ "Georgia Davies saddened by semi-final performance". BBC Sport. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
6. ^ "Georgia Davies". British Swimming. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
7. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Georgia Davies Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
8. ^ Woolford, Anthony (2 December 2014). "Welsh swimming star Georgia Davies reaping the rewards as big decisions begin to pay off". walesonline. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
9. ^ "SWW041200_ResultsSummary_2016_08_07.pdf" (PDF). Rio 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
10. ^ "Rio 2016 4x100m medley relay women - Olympic Swimming". International Olympic Committee. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
11. ^ "Georgia Davies". British Swimming. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
12. ^ "Swimming | Athlete Profile: Georgia DAVIES - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
13. ^ "Georgia Davies 'proud' to be on podium after winning bronze". BBC Sport. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
14. ^ "European Championships 2018: Wales' Georgia Davies wins 50m backstroke gold". BBC Sport. 5 August 2018.
15. ^ "European Championships 2018: Peaty, Anderson, Guy & Davies win mixed relay gold". BBC Sport. 6 August 2018.
16. ^ "European Championships 2018: Ben Proud and Georgia Davies win silver medals". BBC Sport. 7 August 2018.
17. ^ Ashenden, Mark (9 August 2018). "Freya Anderson wins relay bronze to end European Swimming Championships". Sky Sports.
18. ^ "Watch: GB clinch bronze in 4x100m medley relay". BBC Sport. 24 July 2019.
19. ^ "Club Rosters – International Swimming League". Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

## External links

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* Georgia Davies at British Swimming (archived)
* Georgia Davies at World Aquatics
* Georgia Davies at the International Swimming League
* Georgia Davies at Team GB
* Georgia Davies at Olympics.com
* Georgia Davies at Olympic.org (archived)
* Georgia Davies at Olympedia
* Georgia Davies at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
* Georgia Davies at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
* Georgia Davies at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)

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Energy Standard roster

Men|

* Adam Barrett
* Simonas Bilis
* Marco De Tullio
* James Guy
* Kliment Kolesnikov
* Felipe Lima
* Chad le Clos
* Florent Manaudou
* Travis Mahoney
* Clément Mignon
* Sajan Prakash
* Ben Proud
* Evgeny Rylov
* Ilya Shymanovich
* Maxim Stupin
* Charlie Swanson
* Andrey Zhilkin
* Kregor Zirk

Women|

* Maddy Banic
* Evgeniia Chikunova
* Georgia Davies
* Viktoria Güneş
* Mary-Sophie Harvey
* Siobhán Haughey
* Femke Heemskerk
* Boglárka Kapás
* Simona Kubová
* Etiene Medeiros
* Benedetta Pilato
* Helena Rosendahl Bach
* Emily Seebohm
* Janja Šegel
* Anastasiya Shkurdai
* Sarah Sjöström
* Fanny Teijonsalo
* Jessica Vall

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European Champions in Mixed 4×100 m Medley Relay

* 2014:  Great Britain
* 2016:  Great Britain
* 2018:  Great Britain
* 2020:  Great Britain
* 2022:  Netherlands
* 2024:  Israel

2014:  Great Britain, Chris Walker-Hebborn, Adam Peaty, Jemma Lowe, Fran Halsall, Georgia Davies, Ross Murdoch, Adam Barrett, Rebecca Turner
2018:  Great Britain, Georgia Davies, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Freya Anderson, Nicholas Pyle, Charlotte Atkinson
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