Joanna Evans (swimmer)

Joanna Evans (born 25 July 1997) is a Bahamian competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro[2] in the 200, 400, and 800 meter freestyle events. In the 200 and 400 meter, she set new national records.

Joanna Evans
Personal information
National team Bahamas
Born (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997[1]
Freeport, Bahamas
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
College teamTexas Longhorns[2]
CoachCarol Capitani
Roric Fink[3]
Medal record
Representing the Bahamas
Summer Universiade
2017 Taipei400 m freestyle
2017 Taipei800 m freestyle
Youth Olympic Games
2014 Nanjing800 m freestyle
Central American and Caribbean Games
2018 Barranquilla 200 m Freestyle
2018 Barranquilla 400 m Freestyle
2018 Barranquilla 800 m Freestyle
2014 Veracruz 400 m Freestyle
2014 Veracruz 800 m Freestyle
2018 Barranquilla 100 m freestyle
2018 Barranquilla 400 m individual medley

Evans studied Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2014, she was named Bahamas Junior Swimmer of the Year.[3]

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

References
  1. "Joanna Evans". Rio Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. Hecht, Hannah (24 June 2016). "Texas's Joanna Evans clinches 800 free spot on Bahamian Olympic team". Swimswam. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. Joanna Evans. nbcolympics.com
  4. "Swimming EVANS Joanna - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 22 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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