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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
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 Games3 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.56
After Cambridge he joined Guy's Hospital.7
References
References
- "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.