Archie Davis

Archie Davis
Personal information
Nationality GBR
Born16 October 1998 (26 years, 50 days old)[1]
Home townSussex, United Kingdom[2]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)800 metres
1500 metres
Mile run
ClubBrighton Phoenix[3]
Coached byJoel Kidger[4]
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal bests
Updated on 6 December 2023

Archie Davis (born 16 October 1998) is a British middle-distance runner. He is a five-time British Athletics Championships finalist outdoors and once indoors, with a best placing of 4th at the 2021 edition.

Biography

Davis is from Sussex, United Kingdom and competed in athletics from an early age, being a standout under-13 athlete for the Brighton Phoenix athletics club.[2]

Davis qualified for his first international championship at the age of 16, representing England at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games and finishing 4th in the 1500 m finals.[5] The following year, Davis ran in the men's 1500 m at the 2016 World U20 Championships in Athletics. Affected by the death of his friend a week prior, he failed to qualify for the finals.[1]

Later in 2016, Davis developed Plica syndrome in one of his knees, requiring surgery preventing him from running until February 2016.[5] Despite this at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships, Davis qualified for the finals and finished in 5th place.[6]

Davis had a breakthrough season in 2021, running a four-second personal best in the 800 metres and a 6-second best in the mile.[5] Davis ran his first senior international championship at the 2021 European Indoor Championships men's 1500 m, finishing 6th place in his heat.[7] Outdoors at the 2021 European Athletics Team Championships Super League, Davis finished 4th in the 1500 m final, scoring 4 points for his country.[8]

At the 2021 British Athletics Championships, Davis finished 4th in the 1500 m, just one place away from selection for the 2021 Summer Olympics team.[9]

Statistics

Personal bests

Event Mark Place Competition Venue Date
800 metres 1:44.72 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stockholm Diamond League Stockholm, Sweden 4 July 2021
1500 metres 3:36.76 12th Meeting Città di Padova Padova, Italy 3 September 2023
Mile run 3:54.27 4th Anniversary Games Gateshead, United Kingdom 13 July 2021

References

  1. ^ a b Archie Davis at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. ^ a b "Sussex Road Relays" (PDF). 23 April 2011. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Club Records". brightonphoenix.org.uk.
  4. ^ "BRITISH ATHLETES IMPRESS ON OPENING NIGHT OF THE 2021 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Archie Davis, running is life". Athleta Mag.
  6. ^ "He's back!". Brighton Phoenix. 25 July 2017.
  7. ^ Hook, Reg. "Tough for Archie in Poland". Sussex Athletics.
  8. ^ "FOUR VICTORIES TAKE GB & NI TO THE TOP OF THE STANDINGS AFTER DAY ONE EURO TEAM CHAMPS". British Athletics. 29 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Archie Davis on how to build forward momentum". Athletics Weekly. 13 December 2021.