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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ben Higson/Bret Hay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Angharad Evans (born 25 April 2003) is a British swimmer specialising in the breaststroke. Born in England, she represented Scotland at the 2026 Commonwealth Games,[1] and competed for Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics, the 2025 World Aquatics Championships and the 2026 European Aquatics Championships.[2]
Evans is a double Commonwealth Games champion and double European champion from 2026, and a five-time national champion between 2024 and 2026. In August 2026, Evans swam the fastest female breaststroke relay leg in history, 1:03.75 in helping Great Britain win gold in the final of the Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the 2026 European Aquatics Championships.[3]
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. She resides in Scotland, and opted to represent Scotland internationally.[4]
Career
[edit]Evans studied at the University of Georgia in the United States[5] and then the University of Stirling in Scotland.[6]
In April 2024, she won the 100 metres breaststroke title at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, setting a time of 1:06.54[7] and was subsequently named in the British team for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8] 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.[9]
In her international debut at the Paris Olympics, she reached the 100 metres breaststroke final, turning at 50 metres in third place and finishing the race in sixth place with a time of 1:05.85.
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.[10] She also retained her 100 metres title in a national record time of 1:05.37.[11] Subsequently at the World Championships, she reached the final of the 200 metres breaststroke.[12]
At the Aquatics GB Champs in April 2026, she retained her titles, posting British record times of 2:19.70 in the 200 and 1:04.96 in the 100 metres.[13][14]
At the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Evans won the gold medal in the 100 metres breaststroke, winning Scotland's 4th gold medal of the games.[15]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Profile". SwimCloud.com. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ↑ "Women's 100m Breaststroke". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ↑ Evans swims fastest 100 m breaststroke relay leg in history, from SwimSwam.com
- ↑ https://www.olympics.com/en/news/angharad-evans-exclusive-interview-british-record-breaststroke-adam-peaty
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "GB win freestyle relay for first 2025 Worlds gold". BBC Sport. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ↑ "Evans and Colbert Star in Thrilling Third Night". Aquatics GB. 16 April 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ "Aquatics GB Championships finish on a high". Scottish Swimming. 19 April 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ "Evans steps out of shadows into spotlight with Scotland's fourth gold". BBC. 26 July 2026. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
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- 2003 births
- Living people
- Scottish female breaststroke swimmers
- 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)
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century Scottish sportswomen
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- Scottish people of American descent
- Scottish people of Welsh descent
- English people of American descent
- English people of Welsh descent
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming