Davies, who has difficulties with her short-term memory and also suffers from an auditory processing disorder, began swimming when her mother took her to the local pool as a baby.

In 2011, at the age of 12, she entered the National Short Course Championships in Sheffield, where she set a British record in the S14 category for the 100m backstroke.

[5] Despite her strong performance in the heats, in the final she was unable to reproduce her qualifying time, recording 1:10.10 to finish fifth behind Great Britain team-mate Jessica-Jane Applegate.

Davies also competed in the 200m freestyle and although finishing third in her heat, she was just under a second too slow to qualify for the final as one of the eight fastest swimmers.

In 2013, Davies was again selected for the British team, this time for the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal.