:Georgia Davies

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{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Georgia Davies

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| caption = Georgia Davies of Great Britain competes in the Women's 100m Backstroke at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

| fullname = Georgia Beth Davies

| national_team = Great Britain
Wales

| strokes = Backstroke

| club = Energy Standard
Loughborough University

| coach = James Gibson

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|10|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = London, England

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| height = 1.75 m

| weight = 60 kg

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Georgia Beth Davies (born 11 October 1990) is a British competition swimmer who has represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships, and swam for Wales in the Commonwealth Games.{{cite web |title=Georgia Davies |website=London2012.com |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/davies-georgia-1127164/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515161036/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/davies-georgia-1127164/ }} She has won gold in the Commonwealth Games and European Championships. She currently represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.

Career

=Early career (2010-2012)=

Georgia Davies made her senior breakthrough as part of the Wales team at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, entering 5 events.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9049695.stm|title=Commonwealth Games 2010: Swimming results|date=2010-09-30|access-date=2018-08-21|language=en-GB}} She won a bronze medal in the 50 metre backstroke. She also made the finals in the 100 metre backstroke, where she finished 6th, the 4x100 metre medley relay, where she finished 4th and the 4x200 metre freestyle relay, where she finished 6th. She also competed in the 200 metre freestyle, finishing 15th.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9049695.stm|title=Commonwealth Games 2010: Swimming results|date=2010-09-30|access-date=2018-08-21|language=en-GB}}

She competed for Team GB at the 2011 World Championships, where she made the final as part of the 4x100 metre medley team, eventually finishing 6th. She also competed in the 50m backstroke, finishing 10th and missing out on the final.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishswimming.org/athlete-swimming-profiles/british-swimming-profiles/georgia-davies/|title=Georgia Davies|website=British Swimming|access-date=2018-08-21|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200626102442/https://www.britishswimming.org/athlete-swimming-profiles/british-swimming-profiles/georgia-davies/|url-status=dead}}

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 100-metre backstroke, finishing 6th in the heats. However, she was eliminated in the semifinal in 15th position.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/19047187|title=Georgia Davies saddened by semi-final performance|date=2012-07-30|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2018-08-21|language=en-GB}}

=Later career (2014-present)=

Georgia Davies competed in 2 events in the 2013 World Championships, the 50 metre backstroke, where she made the final and finished 6th and the 100 metre backstroke, where she finished 19th.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishswimming.org/athlete-swimming-profiles/british-swimming-profiles/georgia-davies/|title=Georgia Davies|website=British Swimming|access-date=2018-08-21|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200626102442/https://www.britishswimming.org/athlete-swimming-profiles/british-swimming-profiles/georgia-davies/|url-status=dead}}

In 2014, Davies won the gold medal in the 50 metre backstroke in a Games record, and silver in the 100 metre backstroke at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.{{Cite web|title=Glasgow 2014 - Georgia Davies Profile|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/swimming/1034208/georgia_davies.html|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|access-date=2020-05-16}}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} A month later, she won silver in the 50m backstroke and bronze in the 100-metre backstroke and 4×100-metre medley relay at the 2014 European Championships.{{Cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/welsh-swimming-star-georgia-davies-8213521|title=Welsh swimming star Georgia Davies reaping the rewards as big decisions begin to pay off|last=Woolford|first=Anthony|date=2014-12-02|work=walesonline|access-date=2018-08-21}} She won the bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke at the 2014 World Championships (SC).

She represented Team GB again in the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she competed in the 100 metre backstroke but again went out in the semifinals, finishing 10th.{{cite web|title=SWW041200_ResultsSummary_2016_08_07.pdf|url=https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/S/W/SWW041200_ResultsSummary_2016_08_07.pdf|publisher=Rio 2016|access-date=8 August 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809145410/https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/S/W/SWW041200_ResultsSummary_2016_08_07.pdf|archive-date=9 August 2016}}

She made an Olympic final as part of the 4x100 metre medley relay team, finishing 7th.{{Cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/rio-2016/swimming/4x100m-medley-relay-women|title=Rio 2016 4x100m medley relay women - Olympic Swimming|date=2017-06-23|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=2018-08-21|language=en}}

At the 2017 World Championships, Davies made finals in the 4x100 metre medley relay and 50 metre backstroke, finishing 7th and 8th respectively. She also competed in the 100 metre backstroke, finishing 10th.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishswimming.org/athlete-swimming-profiles/british-swimming-profiles/georgia-davies/|title=Georgia Davies|website=British Swimming|access-date=2018-08-21|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200626102442/https://www.britishswimming.org/athlete-swimming-profiles/british-swimming-profiles/georgia-davies/|url-status=dead}}

Davies represented Team Wales for the third time at the 2018 Commonwealth Games{{Cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/swimming/athlete-profile-n6027943-georgia-davies.htm|title=Swimming {{!}} Athlete Profile: Georgia DAVIES - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games|website=results.gc2018.com|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-08-21}} and Davies returned from Australia a double bronze medallist in the 50 metre backstroke{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43711682|title=Georgia Davies 'proud' to be on podium after winning bronze|date=2018-04-10|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2018-08-21|language=en-GB}} and 4x100 metre medley relay.

At the 2018 European Championships, Davies won gold in the 50 metre backstroke finishing in 27.23 seconds.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/45075180 |title=European Championships 2018: Wales' Georgia Davies wins 50m backstroke gold|work=BBC Sport |date=5 August 2018 }} She won another gold when she won as part of the team in the mixed 4 × 100m medley.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/45084964 |title=European Championships 2018: Peaty, Anderson, Guy & Davies win mixed relay gold |work=BBC Sport |date=6 August 2018}} She added a silver in the 100 metre backstroke,{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/45098510 |title=European Championships 2018: Ben Proud and Georgia Davies win silver medals |work=BBC Sport |date=7 August 2018}} and a bronze in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay.{{cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/more-sports/other-sports/news/29876/11467986/freya-anderson-wins-relay-bronze-to-end-european-swimming-championships |title=Freya Anderson wins relay bronze to end European Swimming Championships|first= Mark|last= Ashenden|date=9 August 2018 |work=Sky Sports }}

At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea, Davies won a bronze as part of the British team in the 4 × 100 m mixed medley relay.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/swimming/49100596 |title=Watch: GB clinch bronze in 4x100m medley relay|date=24 July 2019 |work=BBC Sport}}

= International Swimming League =

In the Autumn of 2019 she was member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the Energy Standard International Swim Club, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.{{Cite web|url=https://isl.global/club-rosters/|title=Club Rosters – International Swimming League|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-17|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022045209/https://isl.global/club-rosters/|url-status=dead}}

References

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{{British Swimming swimmer|georgia-davies|archive=20210420104746}}
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{{2014 Commonwealth Games profile}}
{{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|swimming/athlete-profile-n6027943-georgia-davies}}