In the 1980s, Davies lived with and was engaged to Neil Adams [29] an Olympic and World Championship medallist in judo. Andy Cole explains why playing with Man United flop Antony 'would drive me absolutely mad' as he asks: 'You. Had Killips been competing against the other men, he would have finished more than an hour after the winner. In the 1980 Olympics, Davies took the silver medal in the 400m individual medley behind Petra Schneider from East Germany, who later admitted that the victory was drug enhanced.

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CARABAO CUP QUARTER-FINAL DRAW: Newcastle face ANOTHER tough tie after knocking out both Manchester clubs as. Andy Cole explains why playing with Man United flop Antony 'would drive me absolutely mad' as he asks: 'You look at him and think, what are you giving?

Sharron has also presented TV’s The Big Breakfast, been the subject of a Channel 4 documentary, co-hosts Superstars, adorned the covers of many leading magazines, written for publications such as Total Sport, Cosmopolitan and The Independent, as well as contributing magazine features on one of her biggest hobbies – interior design. At the age of 18, Sharron decided she needed a break from competing and retired to pursue a media career. A strong fightback is required to root out the lingering misogyny that plagues sporting governance, media coverage and popular perceptions. In a tweet posted on 21 December 2019, Davies expressed her disapproval of drag shows, comparing them to blackface. As a sportswoman, television personality, devoted mother of three, public speaker, model, enthusiastic charity worker, powerboat racer, author, interior designer and equestrian – Sharron enjoys a busy and varied life and retains remarkable popularity amongst those aged 8 to 80!

As patron of Disabled Sport England and The Sports Aid Foundation Sharron devotes much time to charity. Sometimes it feels less like a transgender issue and more like an ultra-extreme men’s movement that aims to put women back in their place. Chelsea 2-0 Blackburn:Benoit Badiashile and Raheem Sterling score in either half as Pochettino's Blues. In Davies our girls have a bona fide champion, but, as every professional athlete knows, it takes more than talent and graft to succeed; it takes a team and resources to clinch victory.

She has expressed concerns about the impact of self-identification on women's sports and spaces, arguing that it may disadvantage cisgender women. To combat the encroachment of biological men into women’s sport, Davis has armed herself with all the ammunition to mount a counteroffensive against those who would prioritise feelings over facts and the nebulous idea of “inclusivity” over empirical science. First half of Man United's clash with FC Copenhagen ends EARLY after referee blows his whistle before 45 minutes. The following year, at age 15, she won gold medals at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in the 200 and 400-metre individual medleys and also a silver and a bronze medal. Bournemouth 1-2 Liverpool: Darwin Nunez comes off the bench to score STUNNING winner and send Reds into.In her her 2023 book, Unfair Play: The Battle for Women’s Sport, Davies argues against the cheating of female athletes by trans women participating in women's sport. I had a very distraught tweet sent to me by a mother who told me that her 11-year-old daughter came home from her own primary-school sports day saying that not a single girl had won an event, so what was the point of her entering? David Raya is 'getting hot' under the collar and has 'started to make mistakes', claims Gary Neville.

Her astonishing form continued and in 1980 she took a battling silver medal at the Moscow Olympics finishing just behind Petra Schneider of East Germany. In an age of increasingly fleeting fame and notoriety, she has been one of the UK’s best known and most popular sportswomen since bursting onto the scene as a 13 year old Olympian in 1976. Sharron Davies has urged that transgender athletes make swimming 'ridiculously and atrociously unfair', as she continued to speak out against the sport's controversial issue this week. I’m ready to take on any sport or institution that is failing to give parity to both sexes,” says Davies.

The 60-year-old previously stated in August that trans activists have targeted her children's school after she weighed in on the debate about who can compete in women's sport.