Making another splash: Davis tries his hand at acting

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Eclectic résumé

San Antonio-based swimmer Josh Davis has added another chapter to his increasingly varied career in and out of the pool:

Swimmer: Has captured three gold and two silver Olympic medals ... Past American and world record-holder ... Member of San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame and University of Texas Hall of Honor ... Co-captain of 2000 U.S. Olympic Swim Team ... Josh Davis Natatorium at Blossom Athletic Center named in his honor ... Striving for spot in 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.

Broadcaster: Worked on Big 12 Swimming Championships for Fox Sports, off and on, from 1997-2008 ... Has done commercials for everything from YMCA to San Antonio Sports to Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... Appeared on numerous programs, including KENS-TV's "Great Day S.A."

Motivational speaker/clinician : Has spoken to audiences in more than 400 cities around the world ... Often gone up to five days a week as speaker and clinician, usually as part of Mutual of Omaha Breakout! Swim Clinics.

Actor : Made his first movie appearance this month in small role as Dutch resistance agent in "Return to The Hiding Place," a film now in post-production.

- Richard Oliver

Josh Davis is a five-time Olympic medalist as a swimmer, celebrated motivational speaker, part-time broadcaster and San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame member. During his career, he has delivered speeches and clinics in more than 400 cities worldwide.

But earlier this month, Davis was finally ready for his close-up.

The captain of the U.S. swim team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics was filmed at New Braunfels in a small role for the coming movie, "Return to the Hiding Place," which details the fight by a group of youths in Holland to save the lives of Jews during World War II.

Davis, 38, plays a Dutch resistance agent passing over contraband to two young heroes of the film, a sequel to the 1975 movie based on the famous autobiographical novel by Corrie ten Boom. Ten Boom, who later toured as a speaker at crusades with legendary evangelist Billy Graham, was a heroine of the Resistance against the Nazis in Holland, emerging from one of Hitler's concentration camps to become an unlikely protector of persecuted Jews.

"My little dream has always been to get asked to try out for the 'Aquaman' movie," said Davis, laughing. "Too bad. I can hold my breath for a long time underwater for all those scenes.

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@IntheOT (cont) the railways were the main killers in the camps. Zyklon B was used for sterilizing their clothes not to gas the people. Why put waste shaving people and putting a tat when you want to kill them? Tons of unanswered questions. Watch /watch?v=54aJHSXF1YQ or any David McCalden 80′s documentaries of him going to the camps himself and showing how most of the stories are made up, if interested. I’m sorry but if there is an event that you cannot question + go to jail for, that= red light

@IntheOT well if you believe that 6mill were exterminated, unfortunately you are still falling for what the mainstream have told you. Do more research and you will see that the amount that were killed has been changed so many times to being dramatically lower. Hey at least you know about the power they have though. They unfortunately use any event to stir the public to making them feel sorry for them while they create atroceties on Palestine daily. Typhus and low food bc of allied bombings on

@jbrah69 I aint ignorant at all I understand the influence the Jews have on the banking world and the Federal Reserve like Ben Barnecke & Greenspan the last 2 chairs. But for you to come out and justify the reason for Hitler to do what he did was because of that is absolutely absurd. The real powers come from the 13 bloodlines and not all of them are Jewish. There are many worldwide powers that are not Jewish. So dont just single them out.


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