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Full name | John Goldup Davies | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1914-01-08)8 January 1914 Bermondsey, England | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 August 1989(1989-08-11) (aged 75) Wellington, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
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John Goldup Davies (8 January 1914 – 11 August 1989) was a British swimmer.
Biography
Davies competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
He represented England and won double gold in the 220 yards Breaststroke and 330 yards medley relay, at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Australia. At the ASA National British Championships he won the 220 yards breaststroke title in 1946.
Davies married athlete Ethel Raby in late 1939. Raby also competed at the same 1938 British Empire Games and was a multiple national long jump champion.
He died in Wellington, was cremated, and was buried at Mākara Cemetery.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Goldup Davies Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "UK, Outgoing Passenger Lists, 4 Dec 1937 London". Ancestry.co.uk.
- "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1 April 1938, Brisbane-London". Ancestry.co.uk.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ""Amateur Swimming Championships." Times, 19 Aug. 1946, p. 8". The Times. 19 August 1946. p. 8.
- "The Champ had to mind the bairns". Sunday Post. 14 July 1946. Retrieved 18 December 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Details". Wellington City Council. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- "Details". Wellington City Council. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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- 1914 births
- 1989 deaths
- English male breaststroke swimmers
- British male breaststroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- People from Bermondsey
- Swimmers from the London Borough of Southwark
- Swimmers at the 1938 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Burials at Mākara Cemetery
- Sportspeople from Wellington City
- Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games
- 20th-century English sportsmen