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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 2003 Cambridge, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | University of Stirling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | West Suffolk SC | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Angharad Evans (born 25 April 2003) is a swimmer from England, [1] who competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [2]
Evans was born in Cambridge, England, with an American mother and British father. Her Welsh name reflects her Welsh-speaking paternal grandparents.
Evans studied at the University of Georgia in the United States [3] and then the University of Stirling in Scotland. [4]
In April 2024, she won the 100 metres breaststroke title at the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, setting a time of 1:06.54 [5] and was subsequently named in the British team for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [6] In May 2024, she set a new British record of 1:05.54 on her way to winning the 100 metres breaststroke competition at the AP Race International meeting in London. [7]
In her international debut at the Paris Olympics, she reached the 100 metres breaststroke final, turning at 50 metres in third place and finishing the race in sixth place with a time of 1:05.85.
Evans won the 200 metres breaststroke title at the 2025 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships, which sealed a qualification place for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. [8] She also retained her 100 metres title in a national record time of 1:05.37. [9] Subsequently at the World Championships, she reached the final of the 200 metres breaststroke. [10]
