Erraid Davies (born 9 February 2001 in Dundee, Scotland) is a Scottish swimmer from Skeld[1] in Shetland. In 2014 at the age of 13 she became the youngest person to compete for Scotland in the Commonwealth Games and achieved a bronze medal in the SB9 category for 100m breaststroke.[2] Her parents are Joyce and David Davies, and she has two older sisters.[3]
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| Born | 9 February 2001 Dundee, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Delting Dolphins swimming club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Disability
editDavies was diagnosed with Perthes disease, a hip problem,[4][1] at the age of four[2] and was in a wheelchair for another four years.[1]
Swimming
editSince being diagnosed and advised not to do any weight-bearing exercise she took up swimming so she could stay fit.[1] She swam her first mile before the age of six.
Davies is a member of the Delting Dolphins swimming club[4] based in Brae, which claims to be "the most northerly active swimming club in the UK".[5] Davies trains in the afternoons and evenings in a 16.66m pool, which is a third of the length of the Olympic-sized pool in which she won her bronze medal.[2] In June 2016 Davies was notified that she was no longer eligible to perform as a Para-sport swimmer as her impairment was now not serious enough.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Brown, Craig (29 July 2014). "Glasgow 2014: Erraid Davies the toast of Scotland". The Scotsman. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ a b c "Glasgow 2014: Erraid Davies's parents praise 'amazing daughter'".(28 July 2014) BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "Rio beckons after Erraid's Glasgow bronze". Shetland News. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Hannah Miley and Erraid Davies: a champion and a cherub now on the same wavelength". heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "About us". Delting Dolphins Swimming Club. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Erraid Davies: Commonwealth Games medallist ineligible for Para-swimming". BBC Sport. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
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