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| Full name | John Goldup Davies | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1914 Bermondsey, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 August 1989 (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
[edit]Davies competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
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.[2][3][4][5] At the ASA National British Championships he won the 220 yards breaststroke title in 1946.[6]
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.[7]
He died in Wellington, was cremated, and was buried at Mākara Cemetery.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ 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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