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Janet Beth Evans OLY (born August 28, 1971) is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in distance freestyle events. Evans was a world champion and world record-holder, and won a total of four gold medals at the 1988 and the 1992 Olympics.
Unorthodox Freestyle Swimming Icon Janet Evans - Seoul 1988 Olympics. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Welcome to the Olympics YouTube channel, where the Games never end! 🥇...
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Mar 30, 2020 · Janet Evans breaks her own world record in the 400 meter freestyle by nearly two seconds, securing her second of three golds at the Seoul games #NBCSports #JanetEvans #Tokyo2020 ...more.
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Janet Evans (born August 28, 1971, Placentia, California, U.S.) is an American swimmer, considered by many to be the greatest distance freestyler of all time, who won four Olympic gold medals.
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Between 1986 and 1995, Janet Evans won 25 out of 27 major international races at 400m and 22 out of 23 at 800m. Her world record for the 800m freestyle lasted through four Olympic Games until it was finally broken at the 2008 Beijing Games.
📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Highlights as the USA's Janet Evans wins Gold in the Women's 800m Freestyle event during the Barcelona 19...
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American swimmer Janet Evans won a total of four gold medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics. Her journey to the podium came with plenty of doubters along the way.