Evan Dunfee

He competed for his national team in the 50K walk at the 2013 World Championships, finishing in under 4 hours at 3:59:28. He won a bronze medal with his team at the 2013 World University Games where two of the winning Russian race walkers, Denis Strelkov and Andrey Ruzavin have since been suspended for doping violations. Dunfee is the 2012 champion and record holder for the 20 km walk at the NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics. He was the silver medalist at the Athletics at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie. He has several near misses finishing fourth at the 2009 Pan American Race Walking Cup, the 2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup, 2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup and the 2012 Oceania Race Walking Championships and sixth at the 2010 Commonwealth Games[2] usually very close to teammate and training partner Gomez.

Dunfee grew up and currently lives in Richmond, British Columbia, training up to 50 km a day.[3] He attended Kingswood Elementary in Richmond, British Columbia. He graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2014 with a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology.[4] In his free time, he writes for Canadian Running Magazine.[5] His work has been quoted by Associated Press[6] and Inside the Games.[7] Additionally, he is a KidSport ambassador.[8] In 2018, in support of KidSport's 25th anniversary, he raised funds and walked 25km a day for 25 days.[9]

He set his 50 km personal best of 3:41:38 on August 19, 2016 during the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[10]

In July 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Rio Olympics.[11] In the 50-kilometre race walk, Hirooki Arai of Japan initially finished third. He was then disqualified for making contact with Dunfee, but Arai's medal was reinstated on a further appeal. Dunfee advised the Canadian team against making a further appeal.[12] Dunfee set a new Canadian record in the event. He also competed in the 20-kilometre race walk, placing tenth.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Canada
2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	23rd	10,000 m	47:40.86
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	10th	10,000 m	42:56.82
2009	Pan American Race Walking Cup (U20)	San Salvador, El Salvador	4th	10 km	44:16
	Pan American Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	6th	10,000 m	43:27.04
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, México	–	20 km	DNF
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	6th	20 km	1:28:13
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	14th	20 km	1:29:13
2012	Oceania Race Walking Championships	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia	4th†	20 km	1:25:17
	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	–	20 km	DNF
			15th	Team (20 km)	180 pts
	NACAC U23 Championships	Irapuato, México	1st	20,000 m	1:26:15.32 A
2013	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	4th	20 km	1:25:43 A
	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	21st	20 km	1:31:07
			3rd	Team (20 km)	4:20:35
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	36th	50 km	3:59:28
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	2nd	20 km	1:25:30
2014	World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	11th	20 km	1:20:13
			4th	Team (20 km)	36 pts
2015	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Arica, Chile	4th	20 km	1:21:54
			1st	Team (20 km)	21 pts
	World Championships	Beijing, China	12th	20 km	1:21:48
			12th	50 km	3:49:56
2016	2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships	Rome, Italy	16th	20 km	1:21:26
			2nd	Team (20 km)	28 pts
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	10th	20 km	1:20:49
			4th	50 km	3:41:38
2017	IAAF World Championships in Athletics	London, England	15th	50 km	3:47:36
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	8th	20 km	1:23:26
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Canada	1st	20 km	1:25:39
2019	IAAF World Championships in Athletics	Doha, Qatar	3rd	50 km	4:05:02

^†: Guest appearance out of competition.

• Evan Dunfee at World Athletics
• Evan Dunfee at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)