Sharron Davies (born 1962) former GB swimmer, now media presenter

Sharron is a former English swimmer who represented GB in the Olympics and European championships.
She has attended 12 consecutive Olympics -3 as a competitor and 9 as a commentator. She also competed in the international community spanning 20 years.

She learned to swim when she was 6 years of age.
By the age of 8 she was training seriously.
Aged 11 swam for the British national team.
Aged 13 represented GB at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Aged 14 won 2 bronze medals at the 1977 European Championships.
Aged 15 won 2 gold medals at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in the 200 ` and 400 individual medleys.
Aged 17 she won a silver medal at the 1980 games in the 400m individual medley
Aged 18 ‘called time’ to build her television profile and career in modelling.

Aged 27’ returned’ to the pool.
Aged 32, in 1994, finally retired having been British champion 22 times , broken 200 British swimming records and held 5 World Masters records( eligible when over 30)

When she retired she worked for various media organisations and programmes.
(Read* Publications, media programmes and other work*)

Given a MBE in 1993 in recognition for her sevices to swimming.

In 2005 supported London’s bid for the 2112 Olympics. On BBC’s Question Time made a strong case for bringing the Games to London.

She is a patron of the Disabled Sport Rngland and SportsAid.

She has her view on trans women.In 2023 criticised Nike for using Dylan Mulvany, a transgengender woman to model their products.

There is talk that her silver , won in 1980, could still be turned into gold. The gold medallist, Petra Schneider, from East Germany, has admitted that the victory was drug enhanced.