Everard Davis
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 January 1912 Worthing, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 October 2005 (aged 93) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Cambridge University AC Guy's Hospital | ||||||||||||||
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Everard Inseal Davis (2 January 1912 – 25 October 2005) was an English sprint athlete who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.[1]
Biography
[edit]Davis was born in Worthing and studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was the president of the Cambridge University Athletic Club.[2]
He represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games[3] in London, where he competed in the 100 yards and relay events.[4] He was a member of the relay team, including Walter Rangeley, which won the gold medal.[5][6]
After Cambridge he joined Guy's Hospital.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Everard Inseal Davis". BMJ. 29 December 2022. ISSN 1756-1833.
- ↑ "Famous Athletes". Western Morning News. 7 March 1934. Retrieved 7 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "London 1934 Team". Team England. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ↑ "England London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ↑ Phillips, Bob. "Walter Rangeley, one of the great Northern sprinters of byegone times | Northern Athletics". Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ↑ "London University Athletic Champions". The People. 10 May 1936. Retrieved 7 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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