Josh Davis

Davis signing autographs, c. 2005
Personal information
Full name	Joshua Clark Davis
National team	United States
Born	(1972-09-01)September 1, 1972 (age 53) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Collegiate swim coach
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Spouse	Shantel
Children	6
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Event	Freestyle Relay
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Alamo Area Aquatics Club
College team	University of Texas
Coach	Eddie Reese,Kris Kubik (U. of Texas)
Medal record Men's swimming Representing United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m freestyle 1996 Atlanta 4×200 m freestyle 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m medley 2000 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle 2000 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 1994 Rome 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2000 Athens 4×200 m freestyle 2000 Athens 4×100 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 1993 Kobe 200 m freestyle 1993 Kobe 4×200 m freestyle 1997 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle 1997 Fukuoka 200 m freestyle 1999 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle 1999 Sydney 4×200m freestyle Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata 400 m freestyle 1995 Mar del Plata 4×100 m freestyle 1995 Mar del Plata 4×200 m freestyle 1995 Mar del Plata 200 m freestyle Summer Universiade 1991 Sheffield 4×100 m freestyle 1995 Fukuoka 400 m freestyle 1995 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle 1995 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle 1995 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley 1991 Sheffield 4×200 m freestyle 1995 Fukuoka 100 m freestyle

Joshua Clark Davis (born September 1, 1972) is an American former competition swimmer who competed for the University of Texas, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a former world record-holder. He represented the United States at the 1996 AtlantaSummer Olympics where he won three gold medals and at the 2000 SydneySummer Olympics where he won two silver.^[1]

Davis was born September 1, 1972 in San Antonio, Texas. He did not begin competing in swimming meets until he was 12. While attending San Antonio'sWinston Churchill High School, where he was trained and managed by Al Marks, Davis helped lead the Churchill Chargers to four successive Texas State team titles. He won individual championships in state competition in the 200-yard freestyle in 1988, 1989, and 1990. In age group club swimming, Davis competed and trained with the Alamo Area Aquatics Club, where he was a Texas Age Group Swimming (TAGS) champion in multiple meets. He swam as part of the 1989 4×100-yard freestyle relay team that established a new national public high school record, that held for over two decades.^[2][3]

He attended theUniversity of Texas at Austin, where he swam for coachEddie Reese and Associate CoachKris Kubik'sTexas Longhorns swimming and diving team inNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. While at the University of Texas, he captured 23 All-American awards, and helped lead Texas to the 1991 NCAA team championship. Davis won the 1993 NCAA individual 200-yard freestyle title and was a member of the American record setting and 1994 NCAA championship 400-yard freestyle relay.^[4][3][5]

Somewhat disappointed at the outcome of the 1996 Olympic trials, he finished third in the finals of the 100-meter freestyle, and fourth in the 400-meter freestyle, and did not qualify in the two events. He was relieved to qualify in his specialty the 200-meter freestyle, where he had been ranked No. 1 in the world in 1995.^[6]

At the1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, he won gold medals by swimming for the winning U.S. teams in the4×100-meter freestyle relay and4×200-meter freestyle relay. He earned a third gold medal by swimming for the first-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the4×100-meter medley relay. He also competed in the200-meter freestyle, and finished seventh in the event final with a time of 1:48.54. At the 1996 Olympics Davis was the only male athlete in any sport to win three gold medals.^[5]

Four years later at the 2000 Olympic trials, Davis broke Mat Biondi's 1988 record in the 200-meter freestyle.^[6]

At the2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, he served as the captain of the U.S. swimming team. At the 2000 Olympics, he won silver medals swimming for the second-place U.S. teams in the preliminary heats of the4×100-meter freestyle relay, and the final of the4×200-meter freestyle relay. He again competed in the200-meter freestyle, finishing in fourth place in the final with a time of 1:46.73.^[5]

Exceptionally accomplished in international competition, he swam for the U.S. national team at:

• World Championships:1994,1998^[1]
• Pan American Games:1995^[1]
• Pan Pacific Championships:1993,1997,1999^[1]
• World University Games:1995^[1]
• Short Course Worlds:2000^[1]

Davis is a member of the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame, the University of Texas Hall of Honor, and the Texas Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame (2011). Completed in 2001, the San Antonio area's Josh Davis Natatorium was named in his honor. The natatorium is one of two in theNorth East ISD'sVirgil T. Blossom Athletic Center in Davis's former school district.^[7][5]

In February 2009 four of Davis' Olympic medals—three gold medals and one silver medal—were stolen from his car after he returned from a swim clinic inSt. Louis.^[8] On February 13, 2009, cleanup crews found the medals outside one of the Salvation Army's Boys and Girls Clubs in San Antonio. The medals were returned to Davis at a news conference later that night.^[9]

Davis has worked as a motivational speaker and television sports commentator. On June 1, 2016, he was named as the first coach ofOklahoma Christian University's swimming programs, charged with building men's and women's teams for competition that began with the 2017-18 season. It was Davis' first collegiate coaching job.^[10][11][12]

Davis, who is deeply religious, and his wife Shantel live inEdmond, Oklahoma, and have six children.^[10]

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