Ross Davenport

Ross Davenport (born 23 MAY 1984 Belper, Derbyshire ) is an English swimmer.

Davenport favored distances are the freestyle distances. For England Davenport was at the 2006 Commonwealth Games at the start. About 200 m freestyle, he won the gold medal. He also finished second with the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. 2008, at the Short Course World Championships in Manchester, he won the silver medal with the British 4 × 200 m freestyle relay and a new European record. He failed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing on the 200 m freestyle and the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. There he reached the 10th place and with the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay 8 and the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay on the 6th Place 200m freestyle.

With the 4x100 m freestyle relay Davenport won the silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

He is currently studying at Loughborough University. His brother Ashley Davenport is also swimmers.

Records

Awards

  • BBC East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year 2006
2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) 2005 European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003 Summer Universiade 2005 Summer Universiade May 23 List of European records in swimming Robert Renwick Andrew Hunter (swimmer) David Carry
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