{{short description|Australian swimmer}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Edna Davey | image = Edna Davey.png | caption = | fullname = | nicknames = | nationality = | strokes = freestyle | club = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth date|1909|7|24|df=y}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{death year and age|2000|1909}} | death_place = | height = | weight = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = }}
'''Edna May Davey''' (24 July 1909 – 2000), later '''Eaton''', and then '''Hamilton''', was an Australian freestyle swimmer.<ref>{{Olympedia|45022}}</ref> She competed in two events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/edna-davey-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418104857/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/edna-davey-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Edna Davey Olympic Results |accessdate=7 September 2016}}</ref>
Davey set a world record of 15min 46 4-5sec for 1,000 metres at Domain Baths, Sydney in 1929.<ref>{{cite news |date=28 January 1930 |title=World's Records |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119013742 |accessdate=1 March 2024 |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=19529}}</ref>
In 1930 she married cricketer Ronald Eaton,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225349675 |title=NEWLY WEDS |newspaper=The Sun |issue=6261 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 December 1930 |accessdate=7 December 2020 |page=15 (FINAL EXTRA) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> but was divorced in 1934.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229204598 |title=Edna Davey: Husband's divorce |newspaper=The Sun |issue=7642 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 June 1934 |accessdate=7 December 2020 |page=11 (FINAL EXTRA) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> She married Harry Hamilton in 1936. Their son, Graham Hamilton competed in the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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