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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 champion and world record-holder, and won a total of four gold medals at the 1988 and the 1992 Olympics.
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 breaks her own world record in the 400 meter freestyle by nearly two seconds, securing her second of three golds at the Seoul games #NBCSports #JanetEvans #Tokyo2020 ...more.
May 16, 2024 · American swimmer Janet Evans won a total of four gold medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics. Her journey to the podium came with plenty of doubters along the way.
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! 🥇...
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...
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.
Aug 5, 2016 · Long before Katie Ledecky graced the pool, Janet Evans reigned supreme as America’s queen of distance swimming. Evans competed in three Summer Olympics, winning five medals (four of them gold)...
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.
Oct 14, 2020 · The swimmer from Fullerton, California, etched her name in the record books for earning a combined four gold medals and a silver at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics, where she dominated in freestyle distance races. She almost quit swimming after 1992 but decided to return for the 1996 Atlanta games.
