Janet Evans

Janet Evans
OLY[1]
Evans in 2014
Personal information
Full nameJanet Beth Evans
National teamUnited States
Born (1971-08-28) August 28, 1971
Fullerton, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight119 lb (54 kg)
SpouseBill Willson
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, individual medley
ClubFullerton Aquatics
Golden West Swim Club
Trojan SC
College teamStanford University
CoachBud McAllister (FAST)
Richard Quick (Stanford)
Mark Schubert
(Texas AC)(Trojan SC)
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 Evans (born August 28, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who swam from 1989 to 1992 for Stanford University and specialized in distance freestyle events. Evans was a world champion and world record-holder, and won a total of four gold medals in the 400 and 800-meter freestyle events at the 1988 and the 1992 Olympics. In the late 1980s Evans was the first woman to hold three world records simultaneously in the 400, 800, and 1500-meter freestyle and was the first American woman to win four individual Olympic gold medals in swimming.[2][3]

  1. ^ "WOA Leadership". World Olympians Association. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ishof was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Thill, Gary, The Power 25:Janet Evans". aquaticsintl.com. Retrieved November 12, 2024.