Arthur Davis

Who is Arthur Davis?

Arthur Davis is a retired U.S. acrobatic gymnast who won two world championship titles while completing as the base in a mixed pair with top Shenea Booth.

Davis and Booth were the first U.S. athletes to win the mixed-pair all-around gold medal at the 2002 Sports Acrobatics World Championships in Riesa, Germany.

The pair tied for the gold medal in the 2002 World Championships with the Russian mixed pair of Yuri Trubitsin and Elena Kirjanova. Also in 2002, the pair placed second all-around at the 2002 Machuga Cup in Krasnodar, Russia.

Davis and Booth placed second in the all-around, balance and tempo at the 2003 Volkov Cup in Veliki Novgorod, Russia.

The pair won the all-around at the U.S. National Sports Acrobatic Championships in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Davis and Booth also won national awards for performance, skill difficulty and choreography.

Davis and Booth repeated their world-championship gold-medal performance in the all-around at the 2004 Sports Acrobatics World Championships in Lievin, France.