Blair Catherine Evans (born 3 April 1991) is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer.
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| Full name | Blair Catherine Evans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 April 1991 Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | UWA West Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Will Scott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editEvans made her international debut for Australia at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships where she competed in the 800-metre freestyle, after winning her first senior national title in that event in that year.[1]
She represented Australia at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where she took bronze in the 200-metre[2] and 400-metre freestyle, and silver in the 4×200-metre freestyle.
She represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, finishing sixth in the 200-metre freestyle, finishing fifth in the 800-metre freestyle, and finishing fourth in the 400-metre individual medley.
At the 2011 World Championships, she was part of the Australian 4 x 200 m women's team that won silver.[1]
2012 Summer Olympics
editAt the 2012 Summer Olympics, Evans competed in the 400-metre individual medley, but finished 13th overall in the heats (6th in her heat) with a time of 4:40:42, and did not advance to the finals, as only the top 8 were selected.[3] Evans swam in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay qualifications heat. Although she did not swim in the final, her team came in second with a time of 7:44.41,[4] therefore Evans won a silver medal.
2016 Summer Olympics
editAt the 2016 Summer Olympics, Evans placed seventh in Heat 5 of the Women's 400m Individual Medley with a time of 4:38.91. She did not win a medal during the 2016 Rio games.[5]
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Evans competed in the 200 and 400 m individual medley events, winning bronze in the 400 m individual medley.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Swimming | Athlete Profile: Blair EVANS - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ "Triple PanPacs gold for Aussies". ABC News. 19 August 2010.
- ^ The West Australian: Rice scrapes into 400m IM final, Evans misses out
- ^ "Olympics-Women's swimming 4 x 200m freestyle relay final results". Reuters. August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "2016 Australian Olympic Swimming Team selected". Australian Olympic Committee. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
External links
edit- Blair Evans at World Aquatics
- Blair Evans at Swimming Australia (archived) (2017-07-20, 2015-04-21)
- Blair Evans at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Blair Evans at Olympics.com
- Blair Evans at Olympic.org (archived)
- Blair Evans at Olympedia (archive)
- Blair Evans on Instagram