Blair Evans

Blair Evans
Personal information
Full nameBlair Catherine Evans
National team Australia
Born (1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 (age 33)
Perth, Western Australia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubUWA West Coast
CoachWill Scott
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dubai 4×200 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Irvine 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Irvine 200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Irvine 400 m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast 400 m medley

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

  1. ^ a b c "Swimming | Athlete Profile: Blair EVANS - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Triple PanPacs gold for Aussies". ABC News. 19 August 2010.
  3. ^ The West Australian: Rice scrapes into 400m IM final, Evans misses out
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "2016 Australian Olympic Swimming Team selected". Australian Olympic Committee. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.