Shani Davis - American athlete
- Born: 13 August 1982 - Chicago, USA
- Height / Weight: 1.88 m / 85 kg
- Current Residence: Chicago, USA
- Prestigious awards: Oscar Mathiesen Prize (2005, 2009); Major Taylor Award (2006)
- World Ranking: 1st (Adelsklendor, since 9 March 2009)
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Shani Davis, was born on August 13, 1982, in Chicago, Illinois, US. Happened in. He is an American speed skater who is best known as the first African-American athlete to win an individual Winter Olympic gold medal.
It's amazing that Davis learned to roller-skate at the age of just two, and a year later he was skating so fast that he had to be slowed down by the rink's skate guards.
He switched to ice skating at the age of six, a few months before his mother enrolled him at a local speed-skating club. Soon after, Davis competed in regional competitions and began winning in them.
At the age of 17, he moved to Marquette, Michigan, to improve his training opportunities with the aim of improving his game. Although Davis was tall (1.88 m [6 ft 2 in]) for a speed skater, her talent quickly outweighed this apparent disadvantage, and she won the U.S. Championships for the 1999 Junior World Championships. Qualified for both short-track and long-track teams.
In 2005, Davis became the fourth American and the first African American athlete to win a worldwide speed-skating championship.
On February 18, 2006, he skated a 26.60-second final lap to win the men's 1,000 m long-track final at the Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy. Three days later, he won the silver medal in 1500 meters.
Davis' success continued at the 2006 World Speed-Skating Championships, where he won a second all-around title, posting a world-record overall score of 145.742 points. He also broke the world record for the 1,500 m, adding to the 1,000 m record he had set in November 2005.
In 2009 Davis won the world speed-skating sprint championship, becoming the second man (after Eric Hayden) to win both. All-around and Sprint World Championships during his career.
At the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Davis became the first person to win a back-to-back 1,000-meter speed-skating gold medal. He also won a silver medal in the 1,500 meters race at the Vancouver Olympics.
Davis won a bronze medal and a silver medal at the 2011 and 2014 Sprint World Championships, respectively.
At the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, he—like the rest of America's speed-skating team—performed, finishing eighth in the 1,000-meter personal-best.
He competed in the 1,000 meters and 1,500 meters at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, but failed to win a medal in either race. In 2019, he retired from competitive skating and began a coaching career.
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Individual titles: Olympic gold medalist, 1000 m (2006, 2010);
- Olympic silver medalist, 1500 m (2006, 2010);
- world record holder, 1000 m (1:06.42),
- all-round points (145.74);
- World all-round champion (2005, 2006);
- world sprint champion (2009);
- world champion, 1000 m (2007, 2008, 2011, 2015), 1500 m (2004, 2007, 2009);
- World Cup champion, 1000 m (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014), 1500 m (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011);
- Champion, Grand World Cup (2014);
- World Cup Race Winner - 58 times (2005-2014): 1000m x40, 1500m x18
Shani Davis Net Worth: $2 million
Let us check the updated 2021 Shani Davis Net Worth Income Salary Report which is given below:
Shani Davis Salary / Income:
Per Year: $4,00,000
Per Month: $32,000
Per week: $8,000
Brief Introduction to Shani Davis
Full Name - Shani Davis
net worth - $2 million
Date of Birth - 1982-08-13
height - 1.88
weight - 84
Profession - Speed Skater
Education - Northern Michigan University, Marquette Senior High School
Nationality - American
Parents - Reginald Shook
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/shanidavis
Imdb - http://imdb.com/name/nm2656617
Nomination - Best US Male Olympian ESPY Award
Shani Davis Wife
In addition, Norwegian Ole Einar Bjorndalen, the men's record holder with 13 Winter Olympic medals, and his wife, Darya Domracheva of Belarus, a six-time medalist, to lead its biathlon program. "Skating will always be my first love, so I'm glad I've been able to be close to it," Davis told Dutch media.
