Kathryn Evans (swimmer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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British swimmer, Olympic athlete
Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1981
Place of Birth: Luton, England, United Kingdom
Profession: swimmer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Kathryn Evans (swimmer)
- Kathryn Evans (born 5 August 1981) is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games.
- Evans specialised in freestyle and individual medley events.
- She is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and a double British champion in the 200 m individual medley (2001 and 2002).
- Evans also played for Nova Centurion Swim Club in Nottingham, under head coach Bill Furniss.
- Evans is the cousin of late rower Acer Nethercott, who competed in the men's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.Evans made her Olympic debut, as a member of Team GB, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the 200 m individual medley.
- Swimming in heat five, she rounded out a field of eight swimmers to last place and twenty-fourth overall in 2:19.41, just 5.58 seconds behind defending Olympic champion Yana Klochkova of Ukraine.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Evans competed only in two events as a relay swimmer.
- She finished second in the 100 m freestyle from the Olympic trials in Sheffield, posting a relay entry time of 55.52.
- On the first day of the Games, Evans helped out the Brits to pull off a sixth-place effort in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with a final time of 3:40.82.
- Teaming with Melanie Marshall, Karen Pickering, and Lisa Chapman in the final, Evans swam a second leg, and posted a lifetime best of 54.33.
- Exactly a week later, in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, Evans, along with Katy Sexton, Kirsty Balfour, and Georgina Lee, finished in fifth place, but were later disqualified due to an early take-off in the anchor freestyle leg.
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