Terril Davis

{{short description|American middle-distance runner}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = | sport = Track and field |disability = |disability_class = | event = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|4|21}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | retired= | height = | weight = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{flagu|United States}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver|1991 Havana|800m}} }}

'''Terril Davis''' (born April 21, 1968) is a retired male middle-distance runner from the United States, who specialized in the 800-meter run. He competed in the 1980s and the early 1990s for his native country. He set his personal best in the men's 800 metres event (1:44.44) on 1992-06-24 at the US National Championships in New Orleans.

Davis ran for the Baylor Bears track and field team where he set a school record in the 800 m. He married UNLV Rebels track and field sprinter Trevaia Williams. His son Jayden Davis was an NCAA champion sprinter for the Arizona State Sun Devils track and field team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/04/14/mountain-pointe-sprinter-jayden-davis-born-to-run-breaks-track-record/70116207007/|title=Mountain Pointe sprinter Jayden Davis born to run, breaks Arizona track record|website=azcentral.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415033825/https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/04/14/mountain-pointe-sprinter-jayden-davis-born-to-run-breaks-track-record/70116207007/|archive-date=2023-04-15}}</ref>

==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable}} |- |rowspan=2|1991 |USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships |New York City | 5th |1:46.59 |- |Pan American Games |Havana, Cuba |bgcolor="silver"| 2nd |1:46.99 |- |rowspan=2|1992 |USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships |New Orleans, Louisiana | 5th |1:44.44 |- |IAAF World Cup |Havana, Cuba | 8th |1:48.50 |- |1993 |USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships |Eugene, Oregon | 5th |1:46.24 |- |1994 |USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships |Knoxville, Tennessee | 5th |1:47.94 |- |1995 |Pan American Games |Mar del Plata, Argentina | 8th |1:51.21 |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Terril}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:American men middle-distance runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field) Category:20th-century American sportsmen Category:Baylor Bears men's track and field athletes