Georgia Beth Davies (born 11 October 1990) is a

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competition

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who has represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships, and swam for Wales in the Commonwealth Games. She has won gold in the Commonwealth Games and European Championships. She currently represents Energy Standard in the

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Career

Early career (2010-2012)

Georgia Davies made her senior breakthrough as part of the Wales team at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

, entering 5 events. She won a bronze medal in the 50 metre backstroke. She also made the finals in the 100 metre backstroke, where she finished 6th, the 4x100 metre medley relay, where she finished 4th and the 4x200 metre freestyle relay, where she finished 6th. She also competed in the 200 metre freestyle, finishing 15th. She competed for Team GB at the 2011 World Championships, where she made the final as part of the 4x100 metre medley team, eventually finishing 6th. She also competed in the 50m backstroke, finishing 10th and missing out on the final. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, she competed in the women's 100-metre backstroke, finishing 6th in the heats. However, she was eliminated in the semifinal in 15th position.

Later career (2014-present)

Georgia Davies competed in 2 events in the 2013 World Championships, the 50 metre backstroke, where she made the final and finished 6th and the 100 metre backstroke, where she finished 19th. In 2014, Davies won the gold medal in the 50 metre backstroke in a Games record, and silver in the 100 metre backstroke at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

. A month later, she won silver in the 50m backstroke and bronze in the 100-metre backstroke and 4×100-metre medley relay at the 2014 European Championships. She won the bronze medal in the 100 metre backstroke at the 2014 World Championships (SC). She represented Team GB again in the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, where she competed in the 100 metre backstroke but again went out in the semifinals, finishing 10th. She made an Olympic final as part of the 4x100 metre medley relay team, finishing 7th. At the 2017 World Championships, Davies made finals in the 4x100 metre medley relay and 50 metre backstroke, finishing 7th and 8th respectively. She also competed in the 100 metre backstroke, finishing 10th. Davies represented Team Wales for the third time at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

and Davies returned from Australia a double bronze medallist in the 50 metre backstroke and 4x100 metre medley relay. At the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

, Davies won gold in the 50 metre backstroke finishing in 27.23 seconds. She won another gold when she won as part of the team in the mixed 4 × 100m medley. She added a silver in the 100 metre backstroke, and a bronze in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay. At the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

held in

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, South Korea, Davies won a bronze as part of the British team in the 4 × 100 m mixed medley relay.

International Swimming League

In the Autumn of 2019 she was member of the inaugural

swimming for the

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, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.

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