Judy-Joy Davies, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Judy-Joy Davies

Australian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1928

Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death: 27-Mar-2016

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Judy-Joy Davies

  • Judith Joy Davies (5 June 1928 – 27 March 2016) was an Australian female former backstroke swimmer of the 1940s and 1950s, who won a bronze medal in the 100-metre backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
  • At the national level, she won 17 Australian championships in freestyle, backstroke and medley swimming.
  • She was well known after her swimming career as a long-time sporting journalist for the Melbourne newspapers The Argus and The Sun-News Pictorial.The Second World War did not interrupt her competitive swimming career.At international level, Davies concentrated on the backstroke, winning seven consecutive national titles from 1946 to 1952.
  • She also won the 100-yard freestyle in 1947 and the 880-yard freestyle the following year.
  • At the 1948 Olympics, Davies set an Olympic record in the heat of the 100m backstroke.
  • However, in the final, she finished behind Denmark's Karen Harup and the United States' Suzanne Zimmerman.Two years later at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, Davies won three gold medals.
  • She first won the 110-yard backstroke and then teamed up with Denise Spencer, Denise Norton and Marjorie McQuade to win the 4×110-yard freestyle relay.
  • Finally, Davies with McQuade and Nancy Lyons won the 3×110-yard medley relay. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Davies switched to the 400-metre freestyle, but she disappointed, managing only ninth place.Davies was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2011.

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