Josh Davis (swimmer)

Josh Davis

Josh Davis giving autographs, c. 2005
Personal information
Full name	Joshua Clark Davis
Nickname(s)	"Josh"
Nationality	United States
Born	September 1, 1972 (1972-09-01) San Antonio, Texas
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle
College team	University of Texas
Medal record Men’s swimming Competitor for the United States Olympic Games Gold 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1996 Atlanta 4×200 m freestyle Gold 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m medley Silver 2000 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2000 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 1994 Rome 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (SC) Gold 2000 Athens 4×200 m freestyle Silver 2000 Athens 4×100 m freestyle Pan American Games Gold 1995 Mar del Plata 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1995 Mar del Plata 4×200 m freestyle Bronze 1995 Mar del Plata 200 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships Gold 1993 Kobe 200 m freestyle Gold 1993 Kobe 4×200 m freestyle Gold 1997 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle Silver 1997 Fukuoka 200 m freestyle Silver 1999 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1999 Sydney 4×200m freestyle Summer Universiade Gold 1991 Sheffield 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1995 Fukuoka 400 m freestyle Gold 1995 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1995 Fukuoka 4×200 m freestyle Gold 1995 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley Bronze 1995 Fukuoka 100 m freestyle

Joshua ("Josh") Clark Davis (born September 1, 1972 in San Antonio, Texas) is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States who was team captain in 2000, he won five medals as a member of US Men's Relay Teams: three golds at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and two silvers four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He missed the 2004 Olympic team.

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.

On Friday February 13, 2009 cleanup crews in San Antonio outside one of the Salvation Army's Boys and Girls Clubs found the medals. The medals, three gold medals from the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and a silver from the 2000 Sydney Games, were returned to Davis at a news conference later that night.

Davis and wife Shantel have five children.

Completed in 2001, the natatorium at North East Independent School District's Virgil T. Blossom Athletic Center (the district where Davis attended school) in San Antonio was named in his honor.

See also

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games

External links

• databaseOlympics
• US Olympic Committee
• SanAntonioSports.com
• Josh Davis homepage