Terry Davies

Terence Rodney Davies (18 October 1933 – 31 July 2022), better known as Terry Davies, was an Australian representative rower who competed at two Olympic Games. He raced at the 1960 Rome Olympics in the Men's coxless pair and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the Men's eight. He won a gold medal at the 1962 Perth Commonwealth Games in the Men's eight and represented in the Australian eight at the inaugural 1962 World Rowing Championships.

Early life and rowing Davies was born in India where his father was a policeman. His family lived in Mumbai during WWII.

Davies commenced his rowing at the University of Western Australia club in Perth in 1951. Davies made his sole state representative appearance for Western Australia in 1954 contesting the King's Cup at the Australian Interstate Regatta.

Victorian club and state rowing Davies relocated to Melbourne in 1956 and initially joined the MUBC. Early in the 1961 season he moved to the Banks Rowing Club.

The Banks RC men's senior eight were Victorian champions in 1962 and six of the oarsmen in that crew made up the 1962 Victorian King's Cup eight which was also victorious at the Interstate Regatta. That entire 1962 Victorian King's Cup crew was selected as the Australian eight to contest the 1962 Commonwealth Games. Davies was in the four seat of that boat when they rowed to a gold medal victory at those games in Perth. That same crew was encouraged to represent Australia at the inaugural FISA World Championships, the 1962 World Championships in Lucerne. They financed their trip themselves, made it through to the final and finished in overall fifth place.

For the 1964 Tokyo Olympics the winning Victorian King's Cup eight was again selected in toto. They took a new Sargent & Burton eight with them to the Olympics but quickly saw that its design and technology was way behind the European built Donoratico and Stampfli shells being used by the other nations. With Davies in the stroke seat they raced in a borrowed Donoratico eight for the B final and rowed to an overall eighth place in the Olympic regatta.