David Evans (athlete)
 Evans at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | David Martin Evans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Clock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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David Martin Evans, OAM[1] (born 20 September 1967) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He is an arm amputee, and his nickname was 'Clock'.
Career
[edit]Evans competed in the 1500m and 5000m at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics.[2] In 1991, the Australian Institute of Sport established an Athletics with a Disability Program and he became an inaugural scholarship holder and was coached by Chris Nunn. At the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics, Evans competed in four events – 400m, 800m, 1500m and 5000m.[2]
Evans won three gold medals 800m, 1500m and 4 × 100 m T42-46 and a bronze medal in the 5000m at the 1st IPC Athletics World Championships in Berlin, Germany in 1994.[3]
At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, he won two gold medals in the Men's 4 × 100 m Relay T42-46 event and the Men's 1,500 m T44-46 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia,[1] and a silver medal in the Men's 800 m T44-46 event. He also competed in the 800m and 5000m.[2]
In an interview, Evans commented "I spent too many years not training seriously because it was too easy to win in disabled events without doing any work. It was only when I came to the AIS and started using able bodied athletes as a yardstick that I really improved."[4]
As of 2017, Evans is ranked the fifth in the leading male gold medallists tally for Australian Para-athletes at the IPC World Athletics Championships.[5]
in 2012, Evans had a place on the board of management at 'Limbs 4 Life' as the secretary of the organisation. The mission of this organisation is to provide information and support to amputees and their families.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Evans, David Martin, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ a b c "David Evans". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ "David Evans". Australian Athletics Historical Results. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ Orchard, John (1995). "Half a dozen beers with David ' Clock' Evans". Sports Health. 13 (4): 18–19.
- ^ Tarbotton, David (4 July 2017). "Fast facts – 2017 World Para-Athletics Championships". Athletics ACT. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Limbs 4 Life Annual Report" (PDF). Limbs 4 Life. 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
External links
[edit]- David Evans at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- David Evans at the International Paralympic Committee
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