Judith Joy Davies ( June 5, 1928 , Melbourne - March 27, 2016 , ibid.) - Australian swimmer , specializing in backstroke and freestyle . She played for the Australian national team in the mid 1940s - early 1950s, participated in two summer Olympic Games, won the bronze medal of the Olympic Games in London , three-time champion of the British Empire Games, multiple winner and medalist of national championships. Also known as a sports journalist.
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| A country |  Australia |
| Specialization | backstroke freestyle |
| Date of Birth | June 5, 1928 |
| Place of Birth | Melbourne Australia |
| Date of death | March 27, 2016 (87 years old) |
| Place of death | Melbourne Australia |
| Sports career | 1946-1952 |
| Growth | 181 cm |
| Weight | 84 kg |
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Biography
Judith Davis was born on June 5, 1928 in Melbourne . After swimming, she trained at one of the Queensland sports clubs.
She first made herself known shortly after the end of World War II , in particular in 1946, she first became the Australian champion in backstroke. Thanks to a series of successful performances at the age of twenty, she became a member of the Australian national team and won the right to defend the country's honor at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London . She started in a hundred-meter backstroke, managed to make it to the finals and in the decisive race showed the third result, thereby winning the bronze Olympic medal - she was only beaten by Danish Karen Harup and American Susan Zimmerman , who became the first and second, respectively.
After the London Olympics, Davis remained in the main composition of the Australian swimming team and continued to take part in major international competitions. So, in 1950, she once again won the Australian national championship and visited the British Empire Games in New Zealand Auckland, from where she brought three gold dignity awards won in three different disciplines: swimming 110 yards on the back, relay race 4 × 110 yards freestyle style, relay 3 × 110 yards integrated swimming. She also performed in freestyle swimming at 440 yards, but took only fifth place, stopping a step from the prize positions.
As one of the leaders of the Australian national team, Judy-Joy Davis successfully passed the selection for the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki . This time, she started in the 400 meters freestyle and managed to reach the semi-finals only. Soon after the end of these competitions, she decided to end the career of a professional athlete, losing her place in the national team to young Australian swimmers.
Having completed her sports career, she took up journalistic activities. She worked as a sports columnist for the Melbourne newspapers The Argus and The Sun-News Pictorial , and attended nine Olympics as a journalist. In 2011, entered the Australian Sports Hall of Fame [1] .
She died on March 27, 2016 at the age of 87 years [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Judy Davis . Sport Australia Hall of Fame . Date of appeal September 14, 2013.
- ↑ Swimming Australia mourns the passing of Judy Joy Davies (link unavailable) . Date of treatment February 11, 2017. Archived April 2, 2016.
Literature
- Stell, Marion K. Half the Race, A history of Australian women in sport. - North Ryde, Australia: Harper Collins , 1991 .-- ISBN 0-207-16971-3 .
- Andrews, Malcolm. Australia at the Olympic Games. - Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Books , 2000 .-- P. 125. - ISBN 0-7333-0884-8 .
Links
- Judy-Joy Davis - Olympic stats on Sports-Reference.com