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 | Bud McAllister | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Blair Catherine Evans (born 3 April 1991) is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer. Evans made her international debut for Australia at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships where she competed in the 800-metre freestyle.
She represented Australia at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where she took bronze in the 200-metre[1] 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.
2012 London 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.[2] 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,[3] giving Evans a silver medal.
See also
References
External links
- Blair Evans on Twitter
- Blair Evans at Swimming Australia (archived)
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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
- 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
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Australian people of Welsh descent
- Australian people of Spanish descent
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics