Blair Evans
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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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Blair Catherine Evans (born 3 April 1991) is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer.
Career
Evans 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
At 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
At 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
References
- ^ a b c "Swimming | Athlete Profile: Blair EVANS - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/19/2987492.htm
- ^ The West Australian: Rice scrapes into 400m IM final, Evans misses out
- ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/01/oly-swim-sww4x-idUSL6E8J1NNR20120801
- ^ "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
- Blair Evans on Twitter
- Blair Evans at Swimming Australia (archived) (archive 1) (archive 2)
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- People from Perth, Western Australia
- Australian female freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Australian female swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of Australia
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games