Janet Evans - Wikipedia
Janet Beth Evans OLY [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.
Janet Evans | Olympic Champion, World Record Holder | Britannica
Janet Evans (born August 28, 1971, Placentia, California, U.S.) is an American swimmer, considered by many to be the greatest distance freestyler of all time, who won four Olympic gold medals. She was the first swimmer in history to win back-to-back Olympic and world championship titles in the same event: the 800-metre freestyle (Olympics: 1988 ...
Janet Evans didn’t just set swimming records — she obliterated them
Mar 9, 2020 · Janet Evans was less than a year old when Title IX became law. Long before the Olympic gold medals and world records made her a household name as one of the most dominating swimmers...
Unorthodox Freestyle Swimming Icon Janet Evans - YouTube
Jan 26, 2013 · Unorthodox Freestyle Swimming Icon Janet Evans - Seoul 1988 Olympics. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Welcome to the Olympics YouTube channel, where the Games never end! 🥇...
Janet Evans watches Katie Ledecky and sees Olympic-sized what if
Aug 1, 2024 · The first time Janet Evans watched her good friend Katie Ledecky swim away with the Olympic 1,500 meter race, she cried her eyes out like a broken-hearted teenager whose first love had run off...
Janet EVANS - Olympics.com
Between 1986 and 1995, Janet Evans won 25 out of 27 major international races at 400m and 22 out of 23 at 800m. Her world record for the 800m freestyle lasted through four Olympic Games until it was finally broken at the 2008 Beijing Games.
When Janet Evans Went A 4:03 Over Eight Laps To Legendary Status
Mar 8, 2022 · To mark International Women’s Day, Swimming World recalls the day Janet Evans clock a stunning 4:03.85 over 400m freestyle on a trajectory to the pantheon of greats.
Janet Evans - Team USA
Janet Evans is an American former swimmer and five-time Olympic medalist. At just 15 years old, she broke world records in the 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter freestyle. Evans won gold medals in all three of her races a year later at the Olympic Games Seoul 1988, while also setting a world-record time in the 400 freestyle.
Janet Evans - Olympedia
Janet Evans was the greatest female long-distance swimmer of her time. She first came to prominence at the 1986 Goodwill Games, and she entered the 1988 Olympics as the world record holder in the 400 metres, 800 metres, and 1,500 metres.
Janet Evans - Team USA
Athlete Bio. NAME: Janet Evans. SPORT: Swimming. EVENT: 400m/800m FR, 400m IM. BIRTHPLACE: Fullerton, Calif. HOMETOWN: Fullerton, Calif. SCHOOL: Stanford. OLYMPIC …