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David Davies

1985 - Today

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David Michael Rhys Davies (born 3 March 1985) is a Welsh former competitive swimmer who has represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games, and swam for Great Britain at Olympic, World and European level He is the 2006 Commonwealth Games champion at 1500 metres freestyle and holds the rare distinction of having won medals in all six major long-course and short-course international championships available to him (Olympic Games (twice), World Championships (twice), World Championships (25m), European Championships , European Championships (25m) (3 times) and Commonwealth Games (twice) ). Davies specialised in long-distance freestyle and open water events. Born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Davies swam for Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2004, 2008 Olympics and 2012 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Davies has received more than 45,852 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. David Davies is the 613th most popular swimmer, the 8,113th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 21st most popular British Swimmer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 46k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, David Davies ranks 613 out of 709. Before him are Masato Sakai, Melanie Margalis, Marta Fiedina, Eneli Jefimova, Kirill Prigoda, and Yakov Toumarkin. After him are Čaba Silađi, Michael Klim, Fernando Scheffer, Katerine Savard, Wu Peng, and Margaret Hoelzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, David Davies ranks 1,447. Before him are Garrett Weber-Gale, David Nugent, Anthony Morrow, Jon Walker, Marcus Williams, and Shinichi Terada. After him are Luo Yutong, Zhao Xue, Kenji Takahashi, Danny Graham, Andreas Graf, and Tatsuya Kawahara.

Others Born in 1985

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Davies ranks 8,113 out of 8,785. Before him are David Nugent (1985), Nico Parker (2004), Jack Colback (1989), Dai Greene (1986), Lucie Jones (1991), and Mae Muller (1997). After him are Martin Boyle (1993), RiskyKidd (1994), Pete Dunne (1993), Dan Gosling (1990), Little Boots (1984), and Joe Worrall (1997).

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Among SWIMMERS In United Kingdom

Among swimmers born in United Kingdom, David Davies ranks 21. Before him are Adam Peaty (1994), Tom Dean (2000), Spyridon Gianniotis (1980), Duncan Goodhew (1957), Gemma Spofforth (1987), and Mark Foster (1970). After him are Liam Tancock (1985), Joanne Jackson (1986), Rebecca Adlington (1989), Duncan Scott (1997), Ben Proud (1994), and Dominik Kozma (1991).

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