Blair Evans

Blair Evans

Portrait of Blair Evans at HBF Stadium taken on 13 July 2016
Personal information
Full name	Blair Catherine Evans
National team	Australia
Born	(1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 (age 26) Perth, Western Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	UWA West Coast
Coach	Bud McAllister
Medal record Women's swimming Representing Australia Olympic Games 2012 London 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2011 Shanghai 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2010 Dubai 4×200 m freestyle Pan Pacific Championships 2010 Irvine 4×200 m freestyle 2010 Irvine 200 m freestyle 2010 Irvine 400 m freestyle Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 4×200 m freestyle

Blair Catherine Evans (born 3 April 1991) is an Australian middle distance freestyle swimmer. Evans made her international debut for Australia at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships where she competed in the 800-metre freestyle.

She represented Australia at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, where she took bronze in the 200-metre and 400-metre freestyle, and silver in the 4×200-metre freestyle.

She represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, finishing sixth in the 200-metre freestyle, finishing fifth in the 800-metre freestyle, and finishing fourth in the 400-metre individual medley.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Evans competed in the 400-metre individual medley, but finished 13th overall in the heats (6th in her heat) with a time of 4:40:42, and did not advance to the finals as only the top 8 were selected. Evans swam in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay qualifications heat. Although she did not swim in the final, her team came in second with a time of 7:44.41, giving Evans a silver medal.