Full Name: | Kenny Evans |
Birth Date: | 6 April 1979 |
Birth Place: | Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. |
Collegeteam: | Arkansas State University |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lb: | 163 |
Country: | United States |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | High jump |
Club: | Arkansas Razorbacks |
Pb: | (2000)[1] |
Kenny Evans (born April 6, 1979) is a retired American high jumper. He finished thirteenth at the 2000 Olympic Games. His personal best jump is 2.31 metres (7 ft 7 in), achieved in March 2000 in Fayetteville.[1] [2]
Evans won the high jump at the 1998 and 2001 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. He was also a three-time champion indoors and a winner outdoors at the Southeastern Conference Championships.[3]
Evans is the father of professional basketball player Keenan Evans, who previously played college basketball at Texas Tech University.[4] [5]