Josh Davis (swimmer)

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Medal record
Josh Davis
Men’s Swimming
Competitor for the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	4x100m Freestyle
Gold	1996 Atlanta	4x200m Freestyle
Gold	1996 Atlanta	4x100m Medley
Silver	2000 Sydney	4x200m Freestyle
Silver	2000 Sydney	4x100m Freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold	2000 Athens	4x200m Freestyle
Silver	2000 Athens	4x100m Freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold	1995 Mar del Plata	4x100m Freestyle
Gold	1995 Mar del Plata	4x200m Freestyle
Bronze	1995 Mar del Plata	200m Freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold	1997 Fukuoka	4x200m Freestyle
Silver	1997 Fukuoka	200m Freestyle
Silver	1999 Sydney	4x100m Freestyle
Silver	1999 Sydney	4x200m Freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold	1995 Fukuoka	400m Freestyle
Gold	1995 Fukuoka	4x100m Freestyle
Gold	1995 Fukuoka	4x200m Freestyle
Gold	1995 Fukuoka	4x100m Medley
Bronze	1995 Fukuoka	100m Freestyle

Joshua Clark Davis (born September 1, 1972 in San Antonio, Texas) is a former freestyle swimmer from the United Statesand was team captain in 2000, who won five medals as a member of US Men's Relay Teams: three golds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and two silvers four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He missed the 2004 Olympic team.

Davis was born on the same day Mark Spitz was making Olympic history while winning one of his seven gold medals in world record time at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. After becoming the fastest swimmer ever out of San Antonio, Davis accepted a scholarship to attend the University of Texas. Davis currently resides in San Antonio where he runs a motivational speaking & swim clinic business. He was inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame on February 15, 2008.

Davis and wife Shantel have five children.

[edit] References

• databaseOlympics
• US Olympic Committee
• SanAntonioSports.com

[edit] External links

• Josh Davis homepage

v • d • e Olympic champions in men's 4x100 m freestyle relay 1964: USA (Clark, Austin, Ilman, Schollander) | 1968: USA (Zorn, Rerych, Spitz, Walsh) | 1972: USA (Edgar, Murphy, Heidenreich, Spitz) | 1984: USA (Cavanaugh, Heath, Biondi, Gaines) | 1988: USA (Jacobs, Dalbey, Jager, Biondi) | 1992: USA (Hudepohl, Biondi, Jager, Olsen) | 1996: USA (Olsen, Davis, Schumacher, Hall, Jr.) | 2000: Australia (Klim, Fydler, Callus, Thorpe) | 2004: South Africa (Schoeman, Ferns, Townsend, Neethling)

v • d • e Olympic champions in men's 4x200 m freestyle relay 1908: Great Britain (Derbyshire, Radimilovic, Foster, Taylor) | 1912: Australasia (Healy, Champion, Boardman, Hardwick) | 1920: USA (McGillivray, Kealoha, Ross, Kahanamoku) | 1924: USA (Weissmuller, O'Connor, Glancy, Breyer) | 1928: USA (Weissmuller, Clapp, Laufer, Kojac) | 1932: Japan (Yusa, Miyazaki, Yokoyama, Toyoda) | 1936: Japan (Yusa, Sugiura, Arai, Taguchi) | 1948: USA (Ris, McLane, Wolf, Smith) | 1952: USA (Moore, Woolsey, Konno, McLane) | 1956: Australia (O'Halloran, Devitt, Rose, Henricks) | 1960: USA (Harrison, Blick, Troy, Farrell) | 1964: USA (Schollander, Clark, Saari, Ilman) | 1968: USA (Schollander, Spitz, Nelson, Rerych) | 1972: USA (Spitz, Kinsella, Tyler, Genter) | 1976: USA (Bruner, Furniss, Naber, Montgomery) | 1980: Soviet Union (Kopliakov, Salnikov, Stukolkin, Krylov) | 1984: USA (Heath, Larson, Float, Hayes) | 1988: USA (Dalbey, Cetlinski, Gjertsen, Biondi) | 1992: Unified Team (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Taianovich, Sadovyi) | 1996: USA (Davis, Hudepohl, Schumacher, Berube) | 2000: Australia (Thorpe, Klim, Pearson, Kirby) | 2004: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller)