Josh Davis
Josh Davis Speaker Biography
In 1996 Josh Davis made history by becoming the only man in any sport from any nation at the Atlanta Olympic Games to win 3 gold medals. With a passion for representing our country, Josh returned to the Olympics in Sydney in 2000 where he was elected Captain of the USA Men’s swim Team. He went on to break the American record three times in his event the 200 meter free-style and won two silver medals at the 2000 Sydney Games. After 2 Olympics and 5 medals, Josh has established himself as ambassador for the sport of swimming and is pioneering the road for the next generation of professional swimmers. He has taken his years of experience and success and shares his tips as a motivational speaker.
Josh is the co-founder of USA Swim Clinics, LLC a company that provides swimming education through swim clinics and personal interaction with Olympic swimmers. Josh is currently the head Men and Women’s Swim Coach at Oklahoma Christian University.
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Leadership: Making every body on the team a captain
Josh was captain of the first USA junior team in 1989 at the age of 16. He was elected captain of his high school team in 1990 at 17, then his college team in ’94 at age 21, then was co-captain of the USA swim Team for 3 years from ’97 to 2000. Josh shares his principles of leadership that anybody can apply to achieve maximum effectiveness for a group striving for peak performance.
Preparing to Win and Performing under Pressure
Josh has a total of 10 swims at the Olympics and each time he achieved a zone experience while pursuing excellence. Josh shares how to have the right motivation to get into the PPZ-the Peak Performance Zone!
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Josh was extremely personable and relatable to our multifaceted and cross-sectional membership! His interaction with the attendees before the meeting, interaction during the presentation, and engagement after the adjournment garnered high praise from participants! Though the foundational topic was swimming, his presentation for achievement crossed all boundaries and gave our participants something to take away. We appreciated working with Josh!
Josh was the perfect motivational speaker for our company. He spoke on sparking motivation and facing adversity and his speech resonated great with our team. In addition to his wonderful presentation, he was friendly, punctual, and an overall class act. We were honored to work with him!
Josh not only had a wonderful and inspiring message, but his overall energy was incredible and infectious! The feedback that we’ve received from the attendees was overwhelmingly positive. We are so thankful that his message related so well to not only the theme of our event, but also to our business. Having Josh join us for our company kickoff was truly an honor.
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