# John Davies

> John Griffith Davies was an Australian-American swimmer and United States federal judge. As a breaststroke swimmer of the 1940s and 1950s, he won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, set a world record in the 200 yard breaststroke and tied the world record in the 200 m breaststroke. After retiring from competition swimming, he became a lawyer in California and, after becoming a naturalized American, was appointed a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, and presided over the federal trial of the Los Angeles Police Department officers charged with assaulting Rodney King.

*Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, U.S. federal judge (1929-2020)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Lawyer
- **Category:** Lawyers
- **Country:** Australia
- **Born:** 1929-05-17
- **Died:** 2020-03-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 9.6 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 15.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 53.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [约翰·戴维斯 (1929年)](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E6%88%B4%E7%BB%B4%E6%96%AF_(1929%E5%B9%B4))
- [جون ديفيز (سباح)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B2_(%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD))
- [جون ديفيز (محامى)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89))
- [John Davies (Schwimmer)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davies_(Schwimmer))
- [John Davies (swimmer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davies_(swimmer))
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- [John Davies (uimari)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davies_(uimari))
- [John Davies (natation)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davies_(natation))
- [ג'ון דייוויס (שחיין)](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A1_(%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F))
- [John Davies (úszó)](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davies_(%C3%BAsz%C3%B3))
- [John Davies (nuotatore)](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davies_(nuotatore))
- [John Davies (zwemmer)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davies_(zwemmer))
- [John Davies (svømmer)](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davies_(sv%C3%B8mmer))
- [John Davies (pływak)](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davies_(p%C5%82ywak))
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- [John Davies (swimmer)](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davies_(swimmer))
- [John Davies (simmare)](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Davies_(simmare))
- [Джон Девіс (плавець)](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%81_(%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165894)

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