Erraid Davies (born 9 February 2001 in

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) is a Scottish swimmer from

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. In 2014 at the age of 13 she became the youngest person to compete for Scotland in the

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and achieved a bronze medal in the SB9 category for 100m

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. Her parents are Joyce and David Davies, and she has two older sisters.

Disability

Davies was diagnosed with

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, a hip problem, at the age of four and was in a wheelchair for another four years.

Swimming

Since being diagnosed and advised not to do any weight-bearing exercise she took up swimming so she could stay fit. She swam her first mile before the age of six. Davies is a member of the

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Dolphins swimming club based in

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, which claims to be "the most northerly active swimming club in the UK". Davies trains in the afternoons and evenings in a 16.66m pool, which is a third of the length of the Olympic-sized pool in which she won her bronze medal."Glasgow 2014: Erraid Davies's parents praise 'amazing daughter'"
(28 July 2014) BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2014. In June 2016 Davies was notified that she was no longer eligible to perform as a Para-sport swimmer as her impairment was now not serious enough.

References

2001 births Living people Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Scottish female swimmers Sportspeople from Dundee Sportspeople from Scottish islands People from Shetland 21st-century Scottish women {{Scotland-sport-bio-stub