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Ross Paul Davenport (born 23 May 1984) is an English competitive
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 ...
who has represented Great Britain in the Olympics, world and European championships, and swam for England in the Commonwealth Games. He won two gold medals in the 2006
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
in Melbourne for the 200-metre freestyle and the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. On Monday, 27 November 2006 he was recognized as the
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East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year. He was a member of the
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swimming club, coached by Ian Turner and trains at
Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...
. Born in
Belper Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England, located about north of Derby on the River Derwent. As well as Belper itself, the parish also includes the village of Milford and the ha ...
,
Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...
, he now lives and trains in
Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population of 59,932 , the second larg ...
. Ross qualified for Team GB at the
2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...
in two events, the 200-metre freestyle and the 4×200-metre freestyle relay. He achieved this by winning the 200-metre freestyle, ahead of
Robert Renwick Robert Peter Renwick (born 21 July 1988) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics and FINA world championships, as well as Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. Renwick is a world champion and a Comm ...
, in the 2008 Long Course British Championships (incorporating the Olympic trials) on 3 April. His time in the final was 1:47.66. He was part of the British 4x200-metre freestyle relay team 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 ...
. He started at
Belper School Belper School and Sixth Form Centre is a foundation secondary school located in the north-east of Belper, Derbyshire, England. In October 2019, Ofsted reported that its overall effectiveness is 'Needs Improvement'. It has received Healthy School ...
in 1995.


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British Swimming athlete profileBritish Olympic Association athlete profile
1984 births Living people Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England English male freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Olympic swimmers of Great Britain People from Belper Sportspeople from Derbyshire Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain Universiade gold medalists for Great Britain Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain {{UK-swimming-bio-stub