David Davies is one of Britain’s most outstanding swimmers and one of the brightest medal prospects for the future. David’s fantastic performance at the 2004 Athens Olympics, winning Britain’s second only medal in the pool proved just what an extraordinary talent David possesses.

David started swimming at his local swimming club in Barry, South Wales, when he was 7 years of age and a year later he joined his current club, The City of Cardiff. He has been coached by Dave Haller since 2000 before this he was coached by Dave’s assistant, John Stow.

In 1999, David was selected to swim for the Welsh U15 team and hasn’t looked back since. He broke through the ranks to be selected for the British junior team in 2001. David competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Murcia, Spain and won the silver in the 200m Freestyle in a time of 1.55.04mins. He won a second silver medal as part of the 4X200m Freestyle Team. This was also the first year that David won his age group at the National Championships in the 100m, 200m and 400m Freestyle.

However, it was in 2002 that David made a real splash in the swimming world. David was British Short Course Champion for the 1500m and for the first time qualified for a place on the British Senior Team competing at the European Short Course Championships in Germany, where he won silver in the 1500m Freestyle. At the European Short Course Championships in Linz, Austria David finished in 2nd place in the 1500m freestyle and won a bronze medal as part of the 4X200m Freestyle Team. For the second year running he became National Age Group Champion for the 200m & 400m Freestyle.

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