John Davies (swimmer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Davies (swimmer)

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, U.S. federal judge

Date of Birth: 17-May-1929

Place of Birth: Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia

Profession: judge, lawyer, swimmer

Nationality: United States, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

John Griffith Davies (born 17 May 1929) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1940s and 1950s who won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and set a world record in the 200 yard breaststroke (short course) and tied the world record in the 200 m breaststroke (long course).
After retiring from competition swimming, he became a lawyer in California and, after becoming a naturalized American, he was appointed a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, and presided over the trial of the Los Angeles Police Department officers charged with assaulting Rodney King.