Ross Davis​

Ross Davis was a multiple medal winner in three Paralympic Games and set numerous national and world records in wheelchair track events. Born with a disability, he started participating in wheelchair sports in 1987 while a student at Texas Tech University. In 1989 he became focused on track events and, after three months of training, won his first 100-meter national championship. In 12 years of racing, he set U.S. national records in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m events, and held world records in the 100m, 400m and 1500m distances.​

Davis won nine medals in three Paralympic Games, starting with four silver medals at the 1992 Barcelona Games. In Atlanta in 1996, he won the gold medal in the 100 meters in world record time and took bronze in the 400 meters. He won gold again at the 2000 Sydney Games with a Paralympic record time in the 100 meters and won bronze medals in the 200 and 400-meter events. At the 1995 Pan American Games in Argentina, Davis won every track event from 100 meters to 5000 meters, earning six gold medals overall. He also earned five silver medals at the 1999 Southern Cross Games in Sydney. ​​

In 2000, Davis was selected as the Express-News Sportsman of the Year and recognized in the Top 100 Texas Panhandle Sports Legends of the Century. He represented disabled sports on the U.S. Olympic Committee board of directors from 2002 to 2004.​ After a long career as director of marketing at San Antonio Sports, Davis currently holds the same position with the Texas Regional Parasport Games.