Blair Evans
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.
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| Full name | Blair Catherine Evans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 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.
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 medal during the 2016 Rio games.[4]
References
- 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.
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