Gareth Evans (weightlifter)

Gareth Evans
Personal information
Birth name Gareth Irfon Evans
Nationality Wales
Born 18 April 1986
Dundee, Scotland
Residence Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country Wales/Great Britain
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) –69kg
Club Holyhead Weightlifting Club[1]
Coached by Ray Williams (weightlifter) & Tamas Feher[1]
Updated on 26 July 2012.

Gareth Irfon Evans (born 18 April 1986 in Dundee, Scotland) is a Welsh and British weightlifter.[2] He has competed in the 62 kg and 69 kg weight categories, and was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics.[3]

Early and personal life

Born to North Wales parents then resident in Dundee, Scotland, the family moved back to their home in Holyhead, Anglesey before Evans started his schooling.

Evans started weightlifting aged 12, when he joined the local Holyhead Weightlifting Club.[1][4] A trained painter and decorator, he gave up his job in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and moved for the preceding year to Headingley, Leeds, to train full-time at the British Weight Lifting High Performance Centre.[4][5]

Evans has a daughter.[4]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Francois Etoundi a Cameroon-born weightlifter competing for Australia, competed in the men's 77 kg event where he won a bronze medal.[6] The following day, he was arrested for breaking the nose of Evans, and ordered to pay £400 after appearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court. Etoundi was later stripped of his Commonwealth Games accreditation and sent home in disgrace.[7][8][9][10]

Competition history

Competing for Great Britain [11]

Olympic Games

World Championships

European Championships

Competing for Wales[12]

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Senior Championships

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Cup

London 2012 Olympics

At the 2012 Olympics, in the snatch he lifted 130 kg, but failed his final attempt at 133 kg. In the clean and jerk, he lifted 158 kg but failed at 160 kg. With a personal best total of 288 kg, as well as personal bests in both the snatch and cleand and jerk, he finished eighth in group B and 17th overall in the 69 kg weight category.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/weightlifting-gareth-evans-says-owes-2658427
  2. ↑ Gareth Evans. Britishweightlifting.org. Retrieved on 2013-02-12.
  3. ↑ Weightlifting: Gareth Evans realises his Olympic dream. walesonline.co.uk, 11 June 2012
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19067610
  5. ↑ Weightlifter Gareth Evans makes family sacrifice to pursue Olympic dream – Other Sport – Sport. People.co.uk (2012-01-22). Retrieved on 2013-02-12.
  6. ↑ McCullough, Ian (28 July 2014). "Francois Etoundi overcomes injury to win bronze". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Weightlifter Francois Etoundi fined for headbutt that broke Welsh rival's nose". The Guardian (UK). 31 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Weightlifter Francois Etoundi attacks Welsh athlete". BBC Sport (UK). 31 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Francois Etoundi stripped of Commonwealth Games accreditation, say Australian team". Mail Online (UK). 31 July 2014.
  10. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/11004040/Commonwealth-Games-Weightlifters-fighting-over-a-girl-end-in-court.html
  11. ↑ EVANS Gareth. International Weightlifting Federation. Iwf.net. Retrieved on 2013-02-12.
  12. ↑ Gareth Irfon. International Weightlifting Federation. Iwf.net. Retrieved on 2013-02-12.
  13. ↑ BBC Sport – Olympics 2012: Gareth Evans sets three personal bests. Bbc.co.uk (2012-07-31). Retrieved on 2013-02-12.
  14. ↑ Gareth Evans. Team GB. Retrieved on 2013-02-12.