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Athlete Bio#
Height
6'0"
Age
47
Hometown
Fremont, IN
Education
Reading High School (Reading, Mich.) '95 Northwood University - Midland ’99, Business Management/Marketing
classification: MH4
Quick Facts
- A combat-wounded veteran who has been cycling since 2012
- He joined the U.S. Army in 2002 and reached the rank of Staff Sergeant
- On June 3, 2006, he rode shotgun in a Humvee as it drove through Ramadi, the most dangerous city in Iraq at the time
- While turning, the truck ran over an improvised explosive device
- The blast threw the truck two stories in the air and it flipped backward and landed on its roof
- After surgery, he decided to have his left leg removed
- Lives with his wife, Jamie, and four children, two daughters, Elliana and Lyllian, and two sons, Brenan and Isaiah in Fremont, Indiana, a small town of roughly 2,000 people
- Son of Raymond and Wilma Davis
- Has one sister, Pam, and one older brother, Joe
- In his spare time, he enjoys coaching youth sports.
Paralympic Experience
- Two-time Paralympian (2016, 2020)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 5th (time trial, road race)
- Paralympic Games Rio 2016, 4th (road race), 6th (road time trial)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 1998 – 95th (Road race - Men)
- Years of participation: Road race - Men 1998
- Top finish: 95th – 1998 (Road race - Men)
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