Patricia Davies

Olympic athlete

1956 –

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Who is Patricia Davies?

Patricia Joan Davies is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Because of the boycott by the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the Women's Field Hockey Tournament: the hosting USSR team. A late request was sent to the government of the African nation, which quickly assembled a team less than a week before the competition started. To everyone's surprise they won, claiming Zimbabwe's only medal in the 1980 Games.

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Born
Dec 5, 1956
Also known as
  • Patricia Joan Davies

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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