Organisers
Janet Evans
Olympic champion serving in senior athlete and organising roles for LA28.
Life and work
The story behind the role.
Olympic champion serving in senior athlete and organising roles for LA28.
Janet Beth Evans (born August 28, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who swam from 1989 to 1992 for Stanford University and specialized in distance freestyle events. Evans was a world champion and world record-holder, and won a total of four gold medals in the 400 and 800-meter freestyle events at the 1988 and the 1992 Olympics. In the late 1980s Evans was the first woman to hold three world records simultaneously in the 400, 800, and 1500-meter freestyle and was the first American woman to win four individual Olympic gold medals in swimming.
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Achievements and distinctions
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Olympic champion serving in senior athlete and organising roles for LA28.
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International Swimming Hall of Fame
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Honda Sports Award for Swimming & Diving
Career and education
Teams and organisations
Stanford Cardinal
Education
University of Southern California · Stanford University · University of Texas at Austin · El Dorado High School
Major competitions and events
1996 Summer Olympics · 1992 Summer Olympics · 1988 Summer Olympics · swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – women's 400 metre freestyle · swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – women's 400 metre freestyle · swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – women's 800 metre freestyle · swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – women's 800 metre freestyle · swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – women's 400 metre individual medley
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