Kyle Evans

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Kyle Evans
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Evans at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1993-09-26) 26 September 1993 (age 29)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Weight81 kg (179 lb) [1]
Team information
Current teamFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Discipline BMX racing
RoleRider
Medal record
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Glasgow Men's BMX

Kyle Evans (born 26 September 1993) is a British BMX rider from Hindley, Greater Manchester, who represents Great Britain in international competitions. He competed in the men's time trial event at the 2015 UCI BMX World Championships. [2]

Evans was selected for the British cycling team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, competing in the men's BMX race. [3] After grabbing a twenty-first seed in the opening round with a time of 35.776, Evans scored a total of 19 placing points to take the penultimate spot against seven other riders in his quarter-final heat. He was thus eliminated from the tournament. [4] [5] Evans made an appearance on the ‘Question of Sport’ episode that aired on 14 November 2018. [6] He acted as a batonbearer for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay when the baton came to Kidsgrove. [7]

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References

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  2. "2015 UCI BMX World Championships: Entries list". Tissot timing . Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. "Team GB's cyclists announced for Rio 2016". Team GB. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  4. "Cycling: Men's BMX Quarterfinal – Heat 4". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  5. "Rio Olympics 2016: Liam Phillips out of men's BMX after heavy crash". BBC Sport. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  6. "BBC One - Question of Sport, Series 48, Episode 18". BBC. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  7. "Queen's Baton Relay travels through Staffordshire and Shropshire". BBC News. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.