Clay Evans

For the U.S. Representative from Tennessee, see H. Clay Evans.

Clay Evans

Personal information
Full name	Clayton Evans
Nickname(s)	"Clay"
Nationality	Canada
Born	October 28, 1953 (1953-10-28) (age 58) El Bagic, Colombia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	71 kilograms (160 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Medley and backstroke
College team	UCLA
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for  Canada Olympic Games Silver 1976 Montreal 4x100 m medley relay Pan American Games Bronze 1979 San Juan 100 m butterfly

Clayton ("Clay") Evans (born October 28, 1953 in El Bagic, Colombia) is a former medley swimmer from Canada, who was born in South America to Canadian parents. He moved to Huntington Beach, California at age fifteen and was recruited by UCLA on a swimming and water polo scholarship. Before entering UCLA, Evans represented Canada in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Evans was a four year All-American and NCAA finalist in the 100m Butterfly and an Olympic silver medallist at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 4x100m Medley Relay. He has broken over 40 Masters National and World records. After graduating from UCLA, Evans began his coaching career with Team Santa Monica while he was in graduate school in Architecture. After practicing Architecture in Europe and Saudi Arabia, he returned to West L.A. and concentrated on developing SCAQ (Southern California Aquatics), which he established in 1979 with Bonnie Adair - (http://www.swim.net/SCAQ/). SCAQ has subsequently become one of the largest Masters swimming program in the U.S.

In 1992, Evans was selected as the United States Masters Coach of the Year.^[1] In 1999, the resident of Los Angeles, California was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Masters Aquatic Coaches Association.

Evans now lives in Culver City, California with his two daughters Lara Joy Evans and Alina Evans.

References

• sports-reference

1. ^ "United States Masters Swimming". http://www.usms.org/coach/coy.php. Retrieved November 15, 2007. 

Persondata
Name	Evans, Clay
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Short description
Date of birth	October 28, 1953
Place of birth	El Bagic, Colombia
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