Angharad Evans
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 2003 Cambridge, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||
| University team | University of Stirling University of Stirling | ||||||||||||||
| Club | West Suffolk SC | ||||||||||||||
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Angharad Evans (born 25 April 2003) is a swimmer from England,[1] who competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]
Early life
[edit]Evans was born in Cambridge, England, with an American mother and British father. Her Welsh name reflects her Welsh-speaking paternal grandparents.
Career
[edit]Evans studied at University of Georgia in the United States[3] and then the University of Stirling in Scotland.[4]
In April 2024, she won the 100 metres breaststroke title at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, setting a time of 1:06.54[5] and was subsequently named in the British team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[6] In May 2024, she set a new British record of 1:05.54 on her way to winning the 100 metres breaststroke competition at the AP Race International meeting in London.[7]
In her international debut at the Paris Olympics, she reached the 100 metre breaststroke final, turning at 50 metres in third place and ultimately finishing in 6th place with a time of 1:05.85.
In 2025, Evans won the 200 metres breaststroke title at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, which sealed a qualification place for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.[8] She also retained her 100 metres title in a national record time of 1:05.37.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Swim Cloud. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Women's 100m Breaststroke". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "2021-22 Swimming & Diving Roster". Georgia Dogs. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Scots snap up silverware at BUCS long course". Scottish Swimming. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships 2024". Swimming.org. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Paris Olympics 2024: Team GB name swimming squad for Games". BBC Sport. 16 April 2024. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Race, Retta (26 May 2024). "Angharad Evans Scorches 1:05.54 100 Breast British Record At AP Race International". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "British Championships, Day 3 Women's Finals: Eva Okaro Scorches To 24.48 50 Free & Angharad Evans Goes 2:21 In 200 Breast". Swimming World Magazine. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "Guy & Scott finish equal first in dramatic 200m". BBC Sport. 20 April 2025. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- 2003 births
- Living people
- English female breaststroke swimmers
- British female breaststroke swimmers
- Sportspeople from Cambridge
- Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Georgia Bulldogs women's swimmers
- Alumni of the University of Stirling
- British expatriate swimmers in the United States
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- 21st-century English sportswomen