Archie Davis (born 16 October 1998) is a British middle-distance runner. He is a five-time British Athletics Championships finalist outdoors and once indoors, with a best placing of 4th at the 2021 edition.

Biography

Davis is from Sussex, United Kingdom and competed in athletics from an early age, being a standout under-13 athlete for the Brighton Phoenix athletics club. Davis qualified for his first international championship at the age of 16, representing England at the

2015 Commonwealth Youth Games The 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, officially known as the V Commonwealth Youth Games, and commonly known as Samoa 2015, was the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games which started in the year 2000. It was held from 5 to 11 September, 2015 in Apia, the c ...

and finishing 4th in the 1500 m finals. The following year, Davis ran in the men's 1500 m at the

2016 World U20 Championships in Athletics The 2016 IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics, World U20 Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born no earlier than 1 January 1997) which was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowi ...

. Affected by the death of his friend a week prior, he failed to qualify for the finals. Later in 2016, Davis developed Plica syndrome in one of his knees, requiring surgery preventing him from running until February 2016. Despite this at the

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, Davis qualified for the finals and finished in 5th place. Davis had a breakthrough season in 2021, running a four-second personal best in the

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and a 6-second best in the mile. Davis ran his first senior international championship at the 2021 European Indoor Championships men's 1500 m, finishing 6th place in his heat. Outdoors at the

2021 European Athletics Team Championships Super League The 2021 European Athletics Team Championships Super League have been held in Chorzów, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeship ...

, Davis finished 4th in the 1500 m final, scoring 4 points for his country. At the

2021 British Athletics Championships The 2021 British Athletics Championships was the national championships in outdoor track and field for athletes in the United Kingdom, which also served as the main qualifying event for athletics competitors for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics ...

, Davis finished 4th in the 1500 m, just one place away from selection for the

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team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Archie Living people 1998 births British male middle-distance runners People from Sussex English male middle-distance runners