Richard Evans (swimmer)

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Richard Evans
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
BornQ3. 1939
Newport, Wales
Sport
Sport Swimming
Event
 Butterfly
ClubNewport SC

Richard A. Evans (born 1939) is a former Welsh swimmer who specialised in butterfly and competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Evans born in Newport, attended Newport High School and while a pupil at the school became the Welsh 220 yards butterfly champion. [1] He was a member of the Newport Swimming Club [2] and won the national butterfly title at the recently opened Wales Empire Pool. [3]

He represented the Welsh team [4] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 220 yards butterfly [5] and helped Wales secure a sixth place finish in the final of the men's 110 yards medley relay, with John Brockway, John Beavan and Bernard Newman. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "They swin for Wales" . Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 31. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Wales select youngsters for Games Swim team" . Pontypridd Observer. 19 June 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Wales select youngsters for Games Swim team" . Western Mail. 26 June 1958. p. 12. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "What to see today" . Western Mail. 22 July 1958. p. 15. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "The Welsh Swimming Team" . Pontypridd Observer. 19 July 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.


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