Peter Evans

Peter Evans

Peter Maxwell Evans (born 1 August 1961) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s who won four Olympic medals, including a gold in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. He also won consecutive bronze medals in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1980 Olympics and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The son of prominent Western Australian businessman and politician Max Evans, Evans had a late start to his swimming career, making his debut at the Australian Championships in his hometown of Perth, aged 17. Despite placing second in the 100 m breaststroke, he was not selected for Australia, and instead travelled to the United Kingdom to train under David Haller. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Evans is the 258th most popular swimmer, the 567th most popular biography from Australia and the 19th most popular Australian Swimmer.

Peter Evans is most famous for being an Australian swimmer who competed in the 1980s, particularly excelling in freestyle and individual medley events. He represented Australia at various international competitions, including the 1984 Summer Olympics.