Paul Evans (athlete)

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Paul William Evans (born April 13, 1961) is a former distance runner from England, who ran in the 10000m track final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He took up running at 25, having been a footballer. He was a member of Belgrave Harriers and the City of Norwich Athletics Club.

Evans came second in the 1996 Great North Run, third in the 1996 London Marathon, and won the 1996 Chicago Marathon at the age of 35. His 2:08:52 in Chicago places him fourth on the UK all-time marathon list. Other achievements include a half-marathon best time of 61:18, and a course record in the premier Swedish 30 km cross country running race Lidingöloppet in 1995.

He is now athletics development officer for Norfolk.

Achievements

Representing England and Great Britain
1991	Lisbon Half Marathon	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	Half marathon	1:01:44
1992	World Half Marathon Championships	Newcastle, United Kingdom	10th	Half marathon	1:01:38
1993	Reading Half Marathon	Reading, United Kingdom	1st	Half marathon	1:01:38^[1]
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	—	Marathon	DNF
1996	Chicago Marathon	Chicago, United States	1st	Marathon	2:08:52

References

↑ Stan Eldon. "Reading Half Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 17 December 2012.

External links

v t e Chicago Men's Marathon Winners

1977: Dan Cloeter (USA) 1978: Mark Stanforth (USA) 1979: Dan Cloeter (USA) 1980: Frank Richardson (USA) 1981: Phil Coppess (USA) 1982: Greg Meyer (USA) 1983: Joseph Nzau (KEN) 1984-5: Steve Jones (GBR) 1986: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 1987: Half Marathon 1988: Alejandro Cruz (MEX) 1989: Paul Davies-Hale (GBR) 1990: Martín Pitayo (MEX) 1991: Joseildo Rocha (BRA) 1992: José Cesar de Souza (BRA) 1993-4: Luíz Antônio dos Santos (BRA) 1995: Eamonn Martin (GBR) 1996: Paul Evans (GBR) 1997: Khalid Khannouchi (MAR) 1998: Ondoro Osoro (KEN) 1999-2000: Khalid Khannouchi (MAR) 2001: Ben Kimondiu (KEN) 2002: Khalid Khannouchi (USA) 2003-4: Evans Rutto (KEN) 2005: Felix Limo (KEN) 2006: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2007: Patrick Ivuti (KEN) 2008: Evans Cheruiyot (KEN) 2009-10: Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2011: Moses Mosop (KEN) 2012: Tsegaye Kebede (ETH) 2013: Dennis Kimetto (KEN)

World Marathon Majors: Berlin Marathon - List (M/W) Boston Marathon - List (M/W) Chicago Marathon - List (M/W) London Marathon - List (M/W) New York City Marathon - List (M/W)

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Name	Evans, Paul
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Short description	English athlete
Date of birth	April 13, 1961
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