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American swimmer (born 1972)
Joshua Clark Davis (born September 1, 1972) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. Davis represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics .
College and international career [ edit ]
He attended the University of Texas at Austin , where he swam for coach Eddie Reese and Associate Coach Kris Kubik 's Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition.[ 1]
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, he won gold medals by swimming for the winning U.S. teams in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay and 4×200-meter freestyle relay . He earned a third gold medal by swimming for the first-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the 4×100-meter medley relay . He also competed in the 200-meter freestyle , and finished seventh in the event final with a time of 1:48.54.
Four years later at the 2000 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 the 4×100-meter freestyle relay , and the final of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay . He again competed in the 200-meter freestyle , finishing in fourth place in the final with a time of 1:46.73.
He also swam for the U.S. national team at:
Life outside competitive swimming [ edit ]
Completed in 2001, the Josh Davis Natatorium, one of the two natatoriums part of North East ISD 's Virgil T. Blossom Athletic Center (the district where Davis attended school) in San Antonio was named in his honor.[ 2]
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 in St. Louis .[ 3] 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.[ 4]
On June 1, 2016, Davis was named as the first coach of Oklahoma Christian University 's swimming programs, charged with building men's and women's teams for competition that will begin with the 2017-18 season. It is Davis' first collegiate coaching job.[ 5] [ 6] Oklahoma Christian University is currently the only college in Oklahoma offering intercollegiate swimming.[ 7]
Davis and his wife Shantel live in Edmond, Oklahoma , and have six children.[ 5]
^ "Texas Sports Hall of Fame, Kris Kubik" . Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
^ Josh Davis Natatorium to be Dedicated Archived August 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Lane 9 News, May 10, 2001 Swimming World
^ "U.S. Olympic swimmer Davis reports four stolen medals" . Sports Illustrated . February 11, 2009. Archived from the original on February 14, 2009.
^ US Swimmer Josh Davis Olympic Medals Found and Returned sports.yahoo.com, February 13, 2009
^ a b "Josh Davis - Head Coach - Staff Directory" . Oklahoma Christian Eagles .
^ "OC adds swimming; Olympic champ to coach teams | Vision | Oklahoma Christian University" . www.oc.edu . Archived from the original on September 21, 2016.
^ "New swim coach brings Olympic podium to campus" . September 2016.
Qualification Men's Team Women's Team Coaches
Qualification Men's team Women's team Coaches
1964 : Steve Clark , Mike Austin , Gary Ilman , Don Schollander (USA )
1968 : Zac Zorn , Stephen Rerych , Mark Spitz , Ken Walsh (USA )
1972 : David Edgar , John Murphy , Jerry Heidenreich , Mark Spitz (USA )
1984 : Chris Cavanaugh , Mike Heath , Matt Biondi , Rowdy Gaines (USA )
1988 : Chris Jacobs , Troy Dalbey , Tom Jager , Matt Biondi (USA )
1992 : Joe Hudepohl , Matt Biondi , Tom Jager , Jon Olsen , Shaun Jordan , Joel Thomas (USA )
1996 : Jon Olsen , Josh Davis , Brad Schumacher , Gary Hall Jr. , David Fox , Scott Tucker (USA )
2000 : Michael Klim , Chris Fydler , Ashley Callus , Ian Thorpe , Todd Pearson , Adam Pine (AUS )
2004 : Roland Schoeman , Lyndon Ferns , Darian Townsend , Ryk Neethling (RSA )
2008 : Michael Phelps , Garrett Weber-Gale , Cullen Jones , Jason Lezak , Nathan Adrian , Ben Wildman-Tobriner , Matt Grevers (USA )
2012 : Amaury Leveaux , Fabien Gilot , Clément Lefert , Yannick Agnel , Alain Bernard , Jérémy Stravius (FRA )
2016 : Caeleb Dressel , Michael Phelps , Ryan Held , Nathan Adrian , Jimmy Feigen , Blake Pieroni , Anthony Ervin (USA )
2020 : Caeleb Dressel , Blake Pieroni , Bowe Becker , Zach Apple , Brooks Curry (USA )
2024 : Jack Alexy , Chris Guiliano , Hunter Armstrong , Caeleb Dressel , Ryan Held , Matt King (USA )
1908 : John Derbyshire , Paul Radmilovic , William Foster , Henry Taylor (GBR )
1912 : Cecil Healy , Malcolm Champion , Leslie Boardman , Harold Hardwick (ANZ )
1920 : Perry McGillivray , Pua Kealoha , Norman Ross , Duke Kahanamoku (USA )
1924 : Johnny Weissmuller , Wally O'Connor , Harry Glancy , Ralph Breyer (USA )
1928 : Johnny Weissmuller , Austin Clapp , Walter Laufer , George Kojac (USA )
1932 : Masanori Yusa , Yasuji Miyazaki , Takashi Yokoyama , Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN )
1936 : Masanori Yusa , Shigeo Sugiura , Shigeo Arai , Masaharu Taguchi (JPN )
1948 : Wally Ris , Jimmy McLane , Wally Wolf , Bill Smith (USA )
1952 : Wayne Moore , Bill Woolsey , Ford Konno , Jimmy McLane (USA )
1956 : Kevin O'Halloran , John Devitt , Murray Rose , Jon Henricks (AUS )
1960 : George Harrison , Dick Blick , Mike Troy , Jeff Farrell (USA )
1964 : Don Schollander , Steve Clark , Roy Saari , Gary Ilman (USA )
1968 : Don Schollander , Mark Spitz , John Nelson , Stephen Rerych (USA )
1972 : Mark Spitz , John Kinsella , Fred Tyler , Steve Genter (USA )
1976 : Mike Bruner , Bruce Furniss , John Naber , Jim Montgomery (USA )
1980 : Sergey Koplyakov , Vladimir Salnikov , Ivar Stukolkin , Andrey Krylov (URS )
1984 : Mike Heath , David Larson , Jeff Float , Bruce Hayes (USA )
1988 : Troy Dalbey , Matt Cetlinski , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA )
1992 : Dmitry Lepikov , Vladimir Pyshnenko , Veniamin Tayanovich , Yevgeny Sadovyi , Aleksey Kudryavtsev , Yury Mukhin (EUN )
1996 : Josh Davis , Joe Hudepohl , Brad Schumacher , Ryan Berube , Jon Olsen (USA )
2000 : Ian Thorpe , Michael Klim , Todd Pearson , Bill Kirby , Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski (AUS )
2004 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Peter Vanderkaay , Klete Keller , Dan Ketchum , Scott Goldblatt (USA )
2008 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Ricky Berens , Peter Vanderkaay , David Walters , Erik Vendt , Klete Keller (USA )
2012 : Ryan Lochte , Conor Dwyer , Ricky Berens , Michael Phelps , Charlie Houchin , Matt McLean , Davis Tarwater (USA )
2016 : Conor Dwyer , Townley Haas , Ryan Lochte , Michael Phelps , Clark Smith , Jack Conger , Gunnar Bentz (USA )
2020 : Tom Dean , James Guy , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Calum Jarvis (GBR )
2024 : James Guy , Tom Dean , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Jack McMillan , Kieran Bird (GBR )
1960 : Frank McKinney , Paul Hait , Lance Larson , Jeff Farrell (USA )
1964 : Thompson Mann , Bill Craig , Fred Schmidt , Steve Clark (USA )
1968 : Charlie Hickcox , Don McKenzie , Doug Russell , Ken Walsh (USA )
1972 : Mike Stamm , Tom Bruce , Mark Spitz , Jerry Heidenreich (USA )
1976 : John Naber , John Hencken , Matt Vogel , Jim Montgomery (USA )
1980 : Mark Kerry , Peter Evans , Mark Tonelli , Neil Brooks (AUS )
1984 : Rick Carey , Steve Lundquist , Pablo Morales , Rowdy Gaines (USA )
1988 : David Berkoff , Richard Schroeder , Matt Biondi , Chris Jacobs (USA )
1992 : Jeff Rouse , Nelson Diebel , Pablo Morales , Jon Olsen , David Berkoff , Hans Dersch , Melvin Stewart , Matt Biondi (USA )
1996 : Jeff Rouse , Jeremy Linn , Mark Henderson , Gary Hall Jr. , Josh Davis , Kurt Grote , John Hargis , Tripp Schwenk (USA )
2000 : Lenny Krayzelburg , Ed Moses , Ian Crocker , Gary Hall Jr. , Neil Walker , Tommy Hannan , Jason Lezak (USA )
2004 : Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Ian Crocker , Jason Lezak , Lenny Krayzelburg , Mark Gangloff , Michael Phelps , Neil Walker (USA )
2008 : Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps , Jason Lezak , Matt Grevers , Mark Gangloff , Ian Crocker , Garrett Weber-Gale (USA )
2012 : Matt Grevers , Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps , Nathan Adrian , Nick Thoman , Eric Shanteau , Tyler McGill , Cullen Jones (USA )
2016 : Ryan Murphy , Cody Miller , Michael Phelps , Nathan Adrian , David Plummer , Kevin Cordes , Tom Shields , Caeleb Dressel (USA )
2020 : Ryan Murphy , Michael Andrew , Caeleb Dressel , Zach Apple , Hunter Armstrong , Andrew Wilson , Tom Shields , Blake Pieroni (USA )
2024 : Xu Jiayu , Qin Haiyang , Sun Jiajun , Pan Zhanle , Wang Changhao (CHN )
1973 : Melvin Nash , Joe Bottom , Jim Montgomery , John Murphy (USA)
1975 : Bruce Furniss , Jim Montgomery , Andy Coan , John Murphy (USA)
1978 : Jack Babashoff , Rowdy Gaines , Jim Montgomery , David McCagg (USA)
1982 : Chris Cavanaugh , Robin Leamy , David McCagg , Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1986 : Tom Jager , Mike Heath , Paul Wallace , Matt Biondi (USA)
1991 : Tom Jager , Brent Lang , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA)
1994 : Jon Olsen , Josh Davis , Uğur Taner , Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
1998 : Scott Tucker , Jon Olsen , Neil Walker , Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
2001 : Michael Klim , Ashley Callus , Todd Pearson , Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2003 : Andrey Kapralov , Ivan Usov , Denis Pimankov , Alexander Popov (RUS)
2005 : Michael Phelps , Neil Walker , Nate Dusing , Jason Lezak (USA)
2007 : Michael Phelps , Neil Walker , Cullen Jones , Jason Lezak (USA)
2009 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Matt Grevers , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2011 : James Magnussen , Matt Targett , Matthew Abood , Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
2013 : Yannick Agnel , Florent Manaudou , Fabien Gilot , Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
2015 : Mehdy Metella , Florent Manaudou , Fabien Gilot , Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
2017 : Caeleb Dressel , Townley Haas , Blake Pieroni , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2019 : Caeleb Dressel , Blake Pieroni , Zach Apple , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2022 : Caeleb Dressel , Ryan Held , Justin Ress , Brooks Curry (USA)
2023 : Jack Cartwright , Flynn Southam , Kai Taylor , Kyle Chalmers (AUS)
2024 : Pan Zhanle , Ji Xinjie , Zhang Zhanshuo , Wang Haoyu (CHN)
1993 : Sweden (Wallin , Werner , Frölander , Holmertz )
1995 : Australia (Klim , Dunn , Allen , Kowalski )
1997 : Australia (Klim , Hackett , Kirby , Dunn )
1999 : Netherlands (Van den Hoogenband , Kenkhuis , Zuijdweg , Wouda )
2000 : United States (Davis , Walker , Tucker , Carvin )
2002 : Australia (Pearson , Hass , Dunne , Hackett )
2004 : United States (Lochte , Carvin , Ketchum , Mortimer )
2006 : Italy (Rosolino , Pelliciari , Cassio , Magnini )
2008 : Australia (Palmer , Brits , Sprenger , Monk )
2010 : Russia (Lobintsev , Izotov , Lagunov , Sukhorukov )
2012 : United States (Lochte , Dwyer , Klueh , McLean )
2014 : United States (Dwyer , Lochte , McLean , Clary )
2016 : United States (Pieroni , Pebley , Clark , Grothe )
2018 : Brazil (Melo , Scheffer , Coelho Santos , Correia )
2021 : United States (Smith , Julian , Foster , Held )
2022 : United States (Smith , Foster , Julian , Kibler )
2024 : United States (Hobson , Foster , Casas , Smith )
1967 : K. Walsh , M. Fitzmaurice , M. Spitz , D. Schollander (USA )
1971 : D. Edgar , S. Genter , J. Heidenreich , F. Heckl (USA )
1975 : J. Babashoff , A. Ruby , M. Grattan , R. Abbott (USA )
1979 : R. Gaines , J. Babashoff , J. Newton , D. McCagg (USA )
1983 : R. Leamy , M. Gribble , C. Cavanaugh , R. Gaines (USA )
1987 : J. Born , S. McCadam , P. Robinson , T. Dudley (USA )
1991 : T. Ferreira , E. Nascimento , J. Rebolal , G. Borges (BRA )
1995 : G. Hall Jr. , T. Jager , J. Davis , J. Olsen (USA )
1999 : F. Scherer , C. Quintaes , A. Cordeiro , G. Borges (BRA )
2003 : C. Jayme , G. Borges , F. Scherer , J. Souza (BRA )
2007 : F. Silva , E. Deboni , N. Oliveira , C. Cielo (BRA )
2011 : C. Cielo , B. Fratus , N. Santos , N. Oliveira (BRA )
2015 : M. Santana , J. de Lucca , B. Fratus , M. Chierighini (BRA )
2019 : B. Correia , M. Chierighini , B. Fratus , P. Spajari (BRA )
2023 : G. Caribé , M. Chierighini , V. Alcará , F. Ribeiro (BRA )
1951 : R. Gora , B. Jones , D. Cleveland , B. Heusner (USA )
1955 : M. Smith , W. Yorzyk , W. Moore , J. McLane (USA )
1959 : D. Blick , P. Sintz , J. Rounsavelle , F. Winters (USA )
1963 : G. Ilman , R. McDonough , D. Lyons , E. Townsend (USA )
1967 : D. Schollander , C. Hickcox , G. Charlton , M. Spitz (USA )
1971 : J. Heidenreich , J. McConica , S. Genter , F. Heckl (USA )
1975 : R. DeMont , R. Favero , B. Horner , M. Curington (USA )
1979 : B. Goodell , D. Larson , K. Kirshner , R. Gaines (USA )
1983 : D. Larson , R. Saeger , B. Hayes , R. Gaines (USA )
1987 : P. Robinson , B. Jones , M. O'Brien , J. Witchell (USA )
1991 : J. Keppeler , J. Wells , C. Tippins , E. Diehl (USA )
1995 : J. Olsen , J. Davis , R. Berube , G. Burgess (USA )
1999 : A. Messner , D. Phillips , D. Howard , S. Tucker (USA )
2003 : R. Lochte , B. Goldberg , J. Lee , D. Ketchum (USA )
2007 : T. Pereira , R. Castro , L. Salatta , N. Oliveira (BRA )
2011 : C. Dwyer , S. Robison , C. Houchin , M. Patton , D. Madwed , R. Feeley , R. Tullius , R. Margalis (USA )
2015 : L. Altamir Melo , J. de Lucca , T. Pereira , N. Oliveira , H. Rodrigues , K. de Almeida , T. Simon (BRA )
2019 : L. Altamir Melo , F. Scheffer , J. de Lucca , B. Correia (BRA )
2023 : M. Sartori , B. Correia , F. Scheffer , G. Costa , L. Altamir Melo , L. Coelho Santos , F. Ribeiro de Souza (BRA )
Italics : Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
1985: USA (Heath , Biondi , Dillon , Oppel )
1987: USA (Dalbey , Biondi , Cetlinski , Oppel )
1989: USA (Stewart , Jorgensen , Olsen , Gjertsen )
1991: USA (Dalbey , Jorgensen , Hudepohl , Olsen )
1993: USA (Burgess , Eckerman , Taner , Davis )
1995: AUS (Allen , Housman , Dunn , Kowalski )
1997: USA (Carvin , Malchow , Taner , Davis )
1999: AUS (Thorpe , Kirby , Hackett , Klim )
2002: AUS (Hackett , Stevens , Cram , Thorpe )
2006: USA (Phelps , Lochte , Vanderkaay , Keller )
2010: USA (Phelps , Vanderkaay , Berens , Lochte )
2014: USA (Dwyer , Phelps , Lochte , McLean )
2018: USA (Seliskar , Pieroni , Apple , Haas )
1959: Great Britain : Unknown
1961: Japan : (Shimizu , Fukui , Yoshimuta , Fujimoto )
1963: Japan : (Umemoto , Fukui , Yoshimuta , Fujimoto )
1965: United States : (Roth , Saari , Dilley , Ilman )
1967: United States : (Walsh , Havens , Charlton , Zorn )
1970: United States : (Havens , McConica , O'Mallay , Heckl )
1973: United States : (Elliot , Tietre , Anderson , Knox )
1977: United States : (Coan , Lambert , Curington , Ebuna )
1979: Not held
1981: United States : (Spencer , Schmidt , Goodridge , Kirschner )
1983: Soviet Union :
1985: United States : (McCadam , Born , Oppel , Biondi )
1987: United States : (Hansen , Kerska , Williams , Thomas )
1991: United States : (Anderson , Davis , Hansen , Towne )
1993: United States : (Kurza , Pepper , Picotte , Fox )
1995: United States : (Schumacher , Tucker , Gumbril , Davis )
1997: United States : (Newman , Esway , Lezak , Jones )
1999: Australia : (Goudie , Upton , Wyllie , Pine )
2001: Great Britain : (Kidd , Scotcher , Cozens , Belk )
2003: Great Britain : (Cozens , Scotcher , Davenport , Kidd )
2005: France : (Galavtine , Bodet , Madelaine , Bernard )
2007: United States : (McGinnis , Grevers , Lundquist , Ritter )
2009: United States : (Copeland , Brady , Mcginnis , Robison )
2011: United States : (Feigen , Phillips , Norys , Savulich )
2013: Russia : (Grechin , Lobintsev , Morozov , Izotov )
2015: United States : (Ellis , Wynalda , Conger , Stubblefield )
2017: United States : (Rooney , Held , Ress , Lynch )
2019: United States : (Apple , Farris , Howard , Jackson )
2021: Poland : (Sieradzki , Dudys , Chowaniec , Kraska )
1959: Italy : Unknown
1961: Not held
1963: Not held
1965: United States : (Roth , Saari , Roth , Ilman )
1967: United States : (Charlton , Nelson , Hickcox , Robie )
1970: United States : (Strenk , O'Mallay , McConica , Heckl )
1973: Soviet Union : Unknown
1977: United States : (Weston , Curington , Ebuna , Hannula Jr. )
1979: United States : (Sharpe , Dickson , O'Brien , Hillencamp )
1981: Soviet Union : Unknown
1983: Soviet Union : Unknown
1985: United States : (Oppel , Siroky , Dillon , Biondi )
1987: United States : (Parker , Lang , Hodge , Olsen )
1991: Soviet Union : Unknown
1993: United States : (Keppeler , Phillips , Van Tassell , Berube )
1995: United States : (Davis , Kanner , Rumley , Schumacher )
1997: United States : (Eckerman , Goldblatt , Rauch , Schryver )
1999: United States : (Godsman , Hartzel , Leonard , Warkentin )
2001: Italy : (Beccari , Selleri , Pelliciari , Cappellazzo )
2003: Russia : (Kapralov , Kuznetsov , Chernyshov , Prilukov )
2005: Italy : (Frovi , Calvi , Pasteris , Cassio )
2007: United States : (McGinnis , Ritter , Van Wie , Klueh )
2009: Japan : (Uchida , Hihara , Kuzuhara , Mononobe )
2011: United States : (Klueh , Hill , Bartlett , McLean )
2013: Russia : (Izotov , Lobintsev , Lobuzov , Sukhorukov )
2015: United States : (Youngquist , Malone , Wynalda , Whitaker )
2017: Japan : (Matsumoto , Sakata , Kobori , Hagino )
2019: United States : (Farris , House , Julian , Apple )
2021: Japan : (Yanagimoto , Imoto , Terakado , Kurokawa )
1959: Italy : Unknown
1961: Japan : (Fukushima , Shikiishi ,Yoshimuta , Fujimoto )
1963: Hungary : Unknown
1965: United States : (Mann , Tretheway , Riker , Roth )
1967: United States : (Hickcox , Merten , Russell , Walsh )
1970: United States : (Ivey , Shilling , Ferris , Heckl )
1973: United States : (Johnson , Chatfield , Poucher , Knox )
1977: United States : (Ballard , Michaelis , Curington , Ebuna )
1979: United States : (Manganiello , Lundberg , Bottom , Peppas )
1981: Soviet Union : Unknown
1983: Soviet Union : Unknown
1985: United States : (Rhodenbaugh , Moffet , O'Neil , McCadam )
1987: United States : (Berkoff , Torres , Mortenson , Hansen )
1991: United States : (Hansen , Kutler , Pajer , Schwenk )
1993: United States : (Schwenk , Crawford , Pepper , Fox )
1995: United States : (Jachimowski , Engstrom-Heg , Lancaster , Davis )
1997: United States : (Brewer , Kling , Martyak , Jones )
1999: United States : (Ulrickson , McDonnell , Pierce , Busse )
2001: United States : (Marshall , Denniston , Haidinyak , VonSchoff )
2003: Ukraine : (Nikolaychuk , Lisohor , Serdinov , Yegoshin )
2005: Ukraine : (Bugayov , Lisohor , Advena , Syzonenko )
2007: Russia : (Smirnov , Falko , Korotyshkin , Grechin )
2009: Japan : (R. Irie , Sakimoto , S. Irie , Harada )
2011: Japan : (Irie , Tateishi , Kishida , Shioura )
2013: Russia : (Morozov , Strelnikov , Koptelov , Grechin )
2015: Russia : (Shabasov , Kostin , Koptelov , Polischuk )
2017: United States : (Ress , Wilson , Lynch , Held )
2019: United States : (Ress , Finnerty , Shebat , Apple )
2021: China : (Wang , Qin , Chen , Lin )