'John Philip Davey' (born
29 December 1964,
Manchester,
England), is a former British
Olympic swimmer. At the
1982 Commonwealth Games in
Brisbane,
Australia, he won bronze medals in both the 400 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley.
He also competed at the Summer Olympics in
Seoul (1988) and in
Barcelona (1992).
In 1989 he gained a batchelors degree in excercise science from
Iowa State University. Between 1991 and 1992 he was assistant swim coach at
Ohio State University and head coach at the
University of Wisconsin (1992 - 1994). Between 1998 and 2004, he was head coach of the Hawkeye's swimming team at Iowa State University In 1999, he was elected to the
National Iowa Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame.