Clay Evans (swimmer)

Clayton T. Evans (born October 28, 1953) is a Canadian former competition swimmer and Olympic silver medalist. Evans represented Canada at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics.

Clay Evans
Personal information
Full nameClayton T. Evans
Nickname(s)"Clay"
National teamCanada
Born (1953-10-28) October 28, 1953
El Bagic, Colombia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, butterfly, medley
College teamUniversity of California, Los Angeles

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, Evans competed in the qualifying heats of the men's 100-metre backstroke and the men's 200-metre individual medley, but did not advance.[1]

After the 1972 Olympics, Evans attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he swam for the UCLA Bruins swimming team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Pacific-10 Conference competition from 1973 to 1976. As a Bruin swimmer, he won the Pac-10 individual championships in the 100-yard butterfly in 1973, 1974 and 1976.[2] He received four All-American honors during his college swimming career.[1]

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, he swam the butterfly leg for Canada's second-place relay team in the final of the men's 4×100-metre medley relay, together with Stephen Pickell (backstroke), Graham Smith (breaststroke) and Gary MacDonald (freestyle).[3] The Canadians finished in 3:45.94, behind the American team that set a new world record of 3:42.22. Individually, Evans also competed in the men's 100-metre butterfly, finishing sixth in the event final with a time of 55.81 seconds.[1]

After the 1976 Olympics, Evans continued to train in the hope of competing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. At the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he competed in the men's 100-metre butterfly, finishing third with a time of 56.63 seconds.[4] He could not compete in the 1980 Olympics because of the boycott of the Moscow Summer Olympic Games.[1]

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References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Clay Evans". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  2. Pac-12 Men's Swimming Media Guide, Pac-12 Conference, Walnut Creek, California, p. 5 (2014). Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Canada Swimming at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  4. GBRAthletics.com, Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
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