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Nationality | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 24) Grantham, Lincolnshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lewis Davey (born 24 October 2000) is a British athlete who competes in the 400 metres.
Personal life
From Grantham in Lincolnshire, Davey attended The Priory Ruskin Academy.
Career
As a young athlete Davey would compete as a decathlete. By 2021, Davey was a member of the British 4 × 400 m relay squad at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships.
He was a member of the British relay team that ran in the 2022 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, winning gold in Munich.
He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023 and competed in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay. He won a silver medal as the British team set a new national record time of 3:11.06. He also won a bronze medal in the men's 4 x 400m relay.
In April 2024, he was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. In May 2024, he was also selected to represent Britain in the 4x400m relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. He was part of the men's 4x400m relay team which won their heat to qualify for the final. In July, Davey was named in the Great Britain 4x400 metres relay squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics. He ran in the final of the men's 4x400m relay, winning a bronze medal.
References
- "Lewis Davey | Team GB". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- "Grantham school student Davey is making an impression". Grantham Journal.
- Lord, Jess (20 August 2024). "Olympic medallist Lewis Davey's hero homecoming". BBC News. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- "It's a magnificent seven for decathlete Davey". Peterborough Today.
- "BRITISH QUARTET SECURE MEDALS ON FINAL DAY OF THE EUROPEAN U23 CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics.
- "Great Britain win gold in men's 4x400m relay". BBC Sport.
- "USA breaks mixed 4x400m world record in Budapest". World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- "Ujah returns to British squad for world relays". BBC Sport. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- "KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON NAMED IN STRONG GB & NI TEAM FOR EUROPEANS ROME 2024". British Athletics. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- "HODGKINSON, MEN'S 4X400M AND WOMEN'S 4X100M TEAMS QUALIFY ON PENTULTIMATE MORNING IN ROME". British Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- "TEAM GB ATHLETICS SQUAD CONFIRMED FOR PARIS 2024". GB Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- Petrie, Emma (11 August 2024). "Olympic medallist thanks Grantham for support". BBC News. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
External links
- Lewis Davey at World Athletics
- Lewis Davey at Power of 10
- Lewis Davey at Team GB
- Lewis Davey at Olympics.com
- Lewis Davey at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- 2000 births
- Living people
- English male sprinters
- British male sprinters
- European Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Sportspeople from Grantham
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- 21st-century English sportsmen