Clara Evans Explained

Clara Evans
Birth Date:1993 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Hereford
Country:Great Britain
Sport:Long-distance running
Club:Pontypridd Roadents AC[1]

Clara Evans (born 27 November 1993)[2] [3] is a British long-distance runner who has represented Great Britain at international competitions including the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Career

In 2020, Evans competed for Great Britain in the women's half marathon at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.

In 2022, she competed for Wales in the women’s marathon at the Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. She finished in ninth place.[4]

At the 2022 and 2024 TCS London Marathon she was the Elite Women’s Pacemaker.[5] [6]

In 2023, she ran a time of 2:25:04 at the Valencia Marathon, breaking the Welsh record and achieving the Paris Olympics qualification time.[7] [8] [9] Evans competed for Great Britain in the woman's half marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships, held in Riga, Latvia. She finished 22nd and Great Britain secured a team bronze.[10]

Evans was selected to compete for Great Britain in the Women's Half Marathon at the 26th European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024.[11] She finished 9th overall in a personal best, helping Great Britain win gold in the team event.[12] [13] [14]

Evans received a late call-up to run the marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics when Charlotte Purdue withdrew just days before the race due to an ankle injury.[15] [16] She was the highest placed British competitor in the event, finishing 46th.[17] [18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Clara Evans - Athletics. Sport Wales. 11 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Clara Evans . live . 27 October 2020 . World Athletics . https://web.archive.org/web/20201025200648/https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/clara-evans-14455103 . 2020-10-25.
  3. Web site: Women's Half Marathon . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201017111945/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138821/AT-HMAR-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1284936714 . 17 October 2020 . 17 October 2020 . 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships.
  4. Web site: Birmingham 2022 Results . 2022-08-01 . results.birmingham2022.com . en.
  5. Web site: Njuguna . William . 29 September 2022 . Kosgei withdraws from London Marathon due to Hamstring injury . 6 August 2024 . The Star.
  6. Web site: Rhodes . James . 2024-04-21 . Excellent Emile & Marvellous Mhairi - London Marathon Round Up . 2024-08-06 . Fast Running . en-GB.
  7. Web site: Clara Evans sets new Welsh women's marathon record. BBC Sport. 11 August 2024.
  8. Web site: Ranking . Maratón . Valencia Ciudad del Running . 2024-08-06 . resultados.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com.
  9. Web site: Ranking List . 2024-08-06 . www.thepowerof10.info.
  10. Web site: Two medals for Great Britain & NI at the World Road Running Championships. England Athletics. 11 August 2024.
  11. Web site: FURTHER UPDATES TO THE GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND TEAM FOR THE 2024 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS . 2024-08-06 . British Athletics . en-GB.
  12. Web site: 9 June 2024 . Grovdal completes gold quest at Roma 2024 . 6 August 2024 . European Athletics.
  13. Web site: Hauger-Thackery leads GB to half marathon team gold. BBC Sport. 11 August 2024.
  14. Web site: CALLI HAUGER-THACKERY LEADS GB TO HALF-MARATHON TEAM GOLD AT EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS, WINS INDIVIDUAL BRONZE. Eurosport. 11 August 2024.
  15. Web site: GB's Purdue out of Games marathon with ankle injury. BBC Sport. 4 August 2024.
  16. Web site: Clara Evans replaces Charlotte Purdue in Team GB’s Olympic marathon squad. Runner's World. 11 August 2024.
  17. Web site: Clara Evans caps whirlwind week with finish at Paris 2024 marathon. British Athletics. 11 August 2024.
  18. Web site: Whirlwind week for soon-to-be wed Evans. BBC Sport. 11 August 2024.

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