Chloe Davies (born 15 December 1998) is a British Paralympic

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. Davies competes in S14 events mainly freestyle, backstroke and medley preferring shorter distances. She qualified for the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

becoming Great Britain's youngest competitor at the Games.

Career history

Davies was born in

Midsomer Norton Midsomer Norton is a town near the Mendip Hills in Bath and North East Somerset, England, south-west of Bath, north-east of Wells, north-west of Frome, west of Trowbridge and south-east of Bristol. It has a population of around 13,000. ...

, England in 1998. Davies, who has difficulties with her short-term memory and also suffers from an auditory processing disorder, began swimming when her mother took her to the local pool as a baby. She joined a local club and began competing from the age of seven. Davies joined Trowbridge ASC and began competing at national level. In 2011, at the age of 12, she entered the National Short Course Championships in Sheffield, where she set a British record in the S14 category for the 100m backstroke. The following year she competed in the 2012 British Championships in London. There she competed in both the 200m freestyle and 100m backstroke for her classification. She finished fifth in the backstroke and second in the freestyle, qualifying for the

in both events. At the 2012 Paralympics Davies finished first in heat three of the 100m backstroke, posting a personal best of 1:09.22, the fastest qualifying time of the heats. Despite her strong performance in the heats, in the final she was unable to reproduce her qualifying time, recording 1:10.10 to finish fifth behind Great Britain team-mate

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. Davies also competed in the 200m freestyle and although finishing third in her heat, she was just under a second too slow to qualify for the final as one of the eight fastest swimmers. In 2013, Davies was again selected for the British team, this time for the

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships The 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships was an international swimming competition, the biggest meet for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and lasted from 12 to 18 August. Around ...

in Montreal. There she competed in three events, the 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke and 200m individual medley. She posted 6th in the freestyle and 4th in the backstroke, but took bronze in the medley, her first medal of a major international event.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Chloe Living people 1998 births English female swimmers People from Midsomer Norton Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics British female freestyle swimmers British female backstroke swimmers British female medley swimmers S14-classified para swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships