Shani Davis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Shani Davis
Occupation	Speed Skater
Date Of Birth	Aug 13, 1982(1982-08-13)
Age	42
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Leo

Shani Davis Biography

Shani Davis is one of the most popular and richest Speed Skater who was born on August 13, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Speed skater who took home the gold medal for the race in the 1,000 meters race and silver in the 1500 meters race during the 2006 Olympics Then he repeating both of these feats in the 2010 Olympics.

He was Olympic co-equipe alongside He was Olympic teammates with Apollo Anton Ohno..

Shani Earl Davis (/ˈ ʃ ɑː n i / ; born August 13, 1982) is an American former speed skater.

Davis earned spots on both the long track and short track teams at the 1999 junior world championship, simultaneously making the national team. In 2000, he made history by becoming the first U.S. skater to make the long and short track teams at the Junior World Teams, a feat he would accomplish again in 2001 and 2002. His height has always made him unique among short trackers, who are much shorter. The extra height made it easier for Davis to race low to the ice. Davis would go on to win a bronze medal in the Team Relay at the 2005 World Short Track Championships in Beijing, China, shared by U.S. teammates Apolo Ohno, Rusty Smith and Alex Izykowski.

His birthplace was Chicago, Illinois.

Shani Davis Net Worth

Shani Davis is one of the richest Speed Skater from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shani Davis 's net worth $2 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at Northern Michigan University.

The first athlete of color to be awarded gold in an individual event at the Winter Olympics.

Davis was born on Friday, August 13, 1982, in Chicago, Illinois, to Reginald Shuck and Cherie Davis. His father selected the name “Shani” from an African name dictionary; the name translates “to adventure.” His mother, Cherie, worked for a man who was a local lawyer as well as a speed skating official. The lawyer’s son was an elite level speed skater. At her lawyer’s suggestion, Cherie enrolled Shani at the Robert Crown Center in nearby Evanston when he was six years old.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Shani Davis Dating?

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Davis wanted to be able to concentrate on both long track and short track. At the time, he was living in Marquette, Michigan, a town with no long track. In 2003, he decided to move to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Once there, he trained with 1998 short track gold medalist Derrick Campbell.

Facts & Trivia

Shani Ranked on the list of most popular Speed Skater. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Shani Davis celebrates birthday on August 13 of every year.

Davis won the silver medal at the 2004 World Allround Speed Skating Championships. He then proceeded to win the World Allround Championships in both 2005 and 2006. In 2009, he won the World Sprint Championships in Moscow, the site of his first World Allround Championship victory. When Davis won those events, he became the second male skater to win both the Sprint and Allround in his career, after Eric Heiden. He has won six World Single Distance Championships titles, three at 1500 meters (in 2004, 2007 and 2009) and three at 1000 meters (in 2007, 2008 and 2011), and he led the United States to its first and only World Championship gold medal in the Team Pursuit event in 2011. He has won ten career Overall World Cup titles, six at 1000 meters (in 2006, 2008–10, 2012, 2014) and four at 1500 meters (2008–2011). Davis also earned the title of Grand World Cup Champion for the 2013–14 season, earning the most points across all distances. His 58 career individual victories on the ISU Speed Skating World Cup circuit (through March 2014) place him second all-time among men.

Where is Shani Davis now?

Davis, 37, spent recent days coaching at a competition in the Netherlands, wearing a China jacket. He is coaching Chinese junior skaters a little more than two years before the Beijing Winter Games, according to NOS. Davis ends one of the greatest careers in U.S. Olympic history.

How many medals did Shani Davis win?

Personal information
Sport| Speed skating

What is Shani Davis known for?

Shani Davis, (born August 13, 1982, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.), American speed skater who was the first African American athlete to win an individual Winter Olympics gold medal. Davis learned to roller-skate at age two and a year later was skating so fast that he had to be slowed by the rink’s skate guards.

Who was the first Black person to win individual gold medal?

John Baxter Taylor Jr.
Born| November 3, 1882 Washington, D.C.
Died| December 2, 1908 (aged 26) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation| Athlete
Known for| First African American to win an Olympic gold medal

How old is Shani Davis?

39 years (August 13, 1982)