(1971-08-28) August 28, 1971 (age 52) Fullerton, California, U.S.
Height
5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight
119 lb (54 kg)
Website
JanetEvans.com
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Freestyle, individual medley
Club
Golden West Swim Club
College team
Stanford University
Coach
Skip Kenney
Medal record
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
4
1
0
World Championships (LC)
3
1
1
World Championships (SC)
2
0
0
Pan Pacific Championships
12
2
0
Total
21
4
1
Women's Swimming
Representing United States
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul
400 m freestyle
1988 Seoul
800 m freestyle
1988 Seoul
400 m medley
1992 Barcelona
800 m freestyle
1992 Barcelona
400 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
1991 Perth
400 m freestyle
1991 Perth
800 m freestyle
1994 Rome
800 m freestyle
1991 Perth
200 m freestyle
1994 Rome
4 x 200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
1993 Palma
400 m freestyle
1993 Palma
800 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
1987 Brisbane
400 m freestyle
1987 Brisbane
400 m medley
1989 Tokyo
400 m freestyle
1989 Tokyo
800 m freestyle
1989 Tokyo
400 m medley
1989 Tokyo
4x200 m freestyle
1991 Edmonton
400 m freestyle
1991 Edmonton
800 m freestyle
1991 Edmonton
4x200 m freestyle
1993 Kobe
400 m freestyle
1993 Kobe
800 m freestyle
1993 Kobe
4x200 m freestyle
1987 Brisbane
800 m freestyle
1991 Edmonton
200 m freestyle
Janet Beth EvansOLY[1] (born August 28, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in distance freestyle events. Evans was a world champion and world record-holder, and won a total of four gold medals at the 1988 and the 1992 Olympics.
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Janet Beth Evans OLY (born August 28, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in distance freestyle events. Evans was a world...
Adlington's world record of 8:14.10 set in 2008. In addition, she broke JanetEvans' American record of 8:16.22 that had stood since 1989. In the final,...
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1967, 1968 and 1969, Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) in 1991, 1992 and 1995, JanetEvans (United States) in 1987, 1989 and 1990, and Kristin Otto (GDR) in 1984...
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freestyle and 800-metre freestyle, breaking the 19-year-old world record of JanetEvans in the 800-metre final. Adlington was Britain's first Olympic swimming...
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the 400-m freestyle set by JanetEvans at the 1988 Summer Olympics. This would happen on 12 May 2006, as she broke Evans's world record of 4:03.85 during...
six golds won by Kristin Otto, and the three individual golds won by JanetEvans. 633 participants from 77 countries were competing. The swimming program...
part of a special "Legends" series that also included 1980s Olympians JanetEvans and Edwin Moses. This occurred approximately a year after a change.org...
that this was the last Olympic race in the career of swimming legend JanetEvans. A new rival emerged for Bennett in the 800-meter freestyle, teammate...
Other multi-gold medalists in the pool were Matt Biondi (five) and JanetEvans (three). Swedish fencer Kerstin Palm became the first woman to take part...
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Association. Retrieved March 26, 2018. Husar, John (September 25, 1988). "Biondi, Evans Stay on Gold Standard". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 19, 2013. Dodds...
shot putter Parry O'Brien (1959), swimmer John Naber (1977) and swimmer JanetEvans (1989). From the 1904 Summer Olympics through the 2014 Winter Olympics...
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swimming greats such as Shirley Babashoff, Brian Goodell, Mike O'Brien, JanetEvans, Tiffany Cohen, Cynthia Woodhead, Lenny Krayzelburg, and Jill Sterkel...