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Janet Evans

1971 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Janet Evans is the 258th most popular swimmer (down from 226th in 2019), the 14,836th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,246th in 2019) and the 100th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Janet Evans ranks 258 out of 709. Before her are Alex Baumann, Oussama Mellouli, Beverley Whitfield, Jenny Thompson, Donna de Varona, and Károly Güttler. After her are Tom Jager, Federica Pellegrini, Sylvie Fréchette, Alexander Dale Oen, Louis Handley, and Léon Marchand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Janet Evans ranks 627. Before her are Juan Garaizabal, Dorian Gregory, Liviu Ciobotariu, Leopoldo López, Daniel Petrov, and Ezio Bosso. After her are Ze'ev Elkin, Russell Allen, David DeLuise, MC Eiht, Alphonse Tchami, and Brett Aitken.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Janet Evans ranks 14,841 out of 20,380. Before her are Charlie Carver (1988), Lauren Jauregui (1996), Irwin Keyes (1952), Bruce Babbitt (1938), Ray Sharkey (1952), and Debrah Farentino (1959). After her are Howard Gordon (1961), Mel Winkler (1941), Gale Robbins (1921), Jake Lacy (1985), Adam Nelson (1975), and Erik Rhodes (1982).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Janet Evans ranks 100. Before her are Shirley Babashoff (1957), Shelley Mann (1937), Pablo Morales (1964), Tim Shaw (1957), Jenny Thompson (1973), and Donna de Varona (1947). After her are Tom Jager (1964), Mike O'Brien (1965), Tracy Caulkins (1963), Rick Carey (1963), Milorad Čavić (1984), and Tiffany Cohen (1966).

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