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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 ...
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 of all...
Jan 26, 2013 · Unorthodox Freestyle Swimming Icon Janet Evans - Seoul 1988 Olympics - YouTube. Olympics. 11.3M subscribers. 1.8K. 770K views 11 years ago #Beijing2022 #Tokyo2020. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics:...
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)...
Jun 26, 2012 · Janet Evans' return to the Olympic Trials at age 40 is a huge hit with appreciative fans in Omaha. OMAHA, Neb. – In honor of Janet Evans' greatness and her willingness to battle the...
