Ross Davenport

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Medal record
Men’s Swimming
Competitor for United Kingdom
World Championships - Short Course
Silver	2008 Manchester	4x200 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold	2003 Daegu	4x100m Freestyle
Bronze	2003 Daegu	200m Freestyle
Silver	2005 Izmir	4x100m Freestyle

Medal record
Competitor for England
Men’s Swimming
Commonwealth Games
Gold	2006 Manchester	4x200 m freestyle
Gold	2006 Manchester	200 m freestyle

Ross Davenport (born 1984-05-23) is a British swimmer. He won two gold medals in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne for the 200M freestyle and the 4x200 freestyle relay. On Monday, 27th November 2006 he won the acclaimed BBC East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year - won in 2005 by Derbyshire-born yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur. He is a member of the University of Bath swimming club, coached by Ian Turner and trains at Loughborough university. Born in Derby he now lives and trains in Loughborough.

Ross has qualified for Team GB at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in two events, the 200m Freestyle and the 4x200m Freestyle Relay. He achieved this by winning the 200m Freestyle, ahead of Robert Renwick, in the 2008 Long Course British Championships (incorporating the Olympic trials) on the third of April. His time in the final was 1:47.66.

His brother Ashley Davenport also swims.

He started at Belper School in 1995.