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Sharron Elizabeth Davies, MBE (born 1 November 1962) is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games.
Jun 15, 2023 · After Davies was robbed of a gold medal in 1980, the former Olympian is campaigning to keep biological men out of women's sports categories.
Sharron Davies occupies a unique position in British life. In an age of increasingly fleeting fame and notoriety, she has been one of the UK’s best known and most popular sportswomen since bursting onto the scene as a 13 year old Olympian in 1976.
Twice voted British Press Sportswoman of the Year, Sharron’s incredible international career spanned three decades, included numerous major titles and medals, 200 British records, some of which stood for some 28 years, such as the British record, and the Commonwealth record, which lasted for 12.
Oct 14, 2021 · Former swimmer Sharron Davies hopes she will be given the gold medal she feels is deserved from the 1980 Olympics. Davies won silver for Great Britain in the 400m individual medley...
Sep 1, 2023 · Sharron Davies: “I won’t let anger define my career injustices”. From racing steroid-fuelled swimmers in the 1980s to defending fair sport for women today, Sharron Davies has shown rare courage, ambition and resilience. She tells Unfiltered how she stayed strong through constant adversity.
Jan 27, 2022 · Sharron Davies exclusive interview: Fight for 'fairness' has been fuelled by a lifetime of injustice. Cheated out of gold in 1980 and banned for the sake of £40 in '84, the former British...
10 things you didn’t know. I’ve been a long time in the public eye…Since I was 13 at my first Olympic Games really, so it’s pretty hard to find unknown facts, however I have an honorary doctorate & a masters degree so you can call me Dr. Davies MA MBE. I’m very much a country bumpkin.
Sep 30, 2019 · Sharron Davies became a household name at the age of only 13 when she was picked to represent Great Britain at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. She finished fifth in her 200m Backstroke heat but success soon followed in the 1977 European Championships in Jonkoping, Sweden, where Davies claimed two bronze medals in the 400m Individual Medley and as ...
Mar 15, 2024 · W hen a US athlete named Bruce Jenner took decathlon gold at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, a virtually unknown 13-year-old swimmer called Sharron Davies was making her debut for Great Britain...
