David Evans (athlete)

David Evans

Evans at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	David Martin Evans
Nationality	Australia
Medal record Athletics Paralympic Games Gold 1996 Atlanta Men's 1,500 m T44-46 Gold 1996 Atlanta Men's 4x100 m Relay T42-46 Silver 1996 Atlanta Men's 800 m T44-46 IPC Athletics World Championships Gold 1994 Berlin Men’s 800m Gold 1994 Berlin Men’s 1500m Bronze 1994 Berlin Men’s 5000m

David Evans Evans on his way to a gold medal in the T46 1500m event at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games. Chinese athlete Yanjian Wu (right) won the silver medal

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

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 two gold medals 800m and 1500m and a bronze medal in the 5000m at the 1st IPC Athletics World Championships in Berlin, Germany. ^{[citation needed]}

At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, he won two gold medals in the Men's 4x100 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."^[3]

References

External links

• David Evans – Athletics Australia Results