Ross Davenport

{{Short description|English swimmer (born 1984)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Ross Davenport

| image = Ross Davenport - Athens Olympic Games 2004.jpg

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| caption =

| fullname = Ross Paul Davenport

| nicknames =

| national_team = {{GBR2}}

| strokes = Freestyle

| club = Loughborough University

| collegeteam =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|5|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Belper, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = {{convert|1.87|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|76|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | Great Britain}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalSilver | 2008 Manchester | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships (LC) }}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Budapest | 4×200 m freestyle }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships - Short Course}}

{{MedalBronze | 2005 Trieste | 200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | Summer Universiade}}

{{MedalGold | 2003 Daegu | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 2005 Izmir | 200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 2005 Izmir | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze | 2003 Daegu | 200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2006 Melbourne | 200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold | 2006 Melbourne | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Melbourne | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 2010 Delhi | 4×100 m freestyle}}

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Ross Paul Davenport (born 23 May 1984) is an English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain in the Olympics, world and European championships, and swam for England in the Commonwealth Games. He won two gold medals in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne for the 200-metre freestyle and the 4×200-metre freestyle relay.

On Monday, 27 November 2006 he was recognized as the BBC East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year. He was a member of the University of Bath swimming club, coached by Ian Turner and trains at Loughborough University. Born in Belper, Derbyshire, he now lives and trains in Loughborough.

Ross qualified for Team GB at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in two events, the 200-metre freestyle and the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. He achieved this by winning the 200-metre freestyle, ahead of Robert Renwick, in the 2008 Long Course British Championships (incorporating the Olympic trials) on 3 April. His time in the final was 1:47.66.

He was part of the British 4x200-metre freestyle relay team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|title = Ross Davenport Bio, Stats, and Results|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/ross-davenport-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040307/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/ross-davenport-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-18|website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date = 2015-08-11}}

He started at Belper School in 1995.