Clayton T. Evans (born October 28, 1953) is a Canadian former competition

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and Olympic silver medalist. Evans represented Canada at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. At the

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in Munich, West Germany, Evans competed in the qualifying heats of the men's 100-metre backstroke and the men's 200-metre individual medley, but did not advance. After the 1972 Olympics, Evans attended the

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(UCLA), where he swam for the

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swimming team in

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(NCAA) and

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competition from 1973 to 1976. As a Bruin swimmer, he won the Pac-10 individual championships in the 100-yard butterfly in 1973, 1974 and 1976.
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', Pac-12 Conference, Walnut Creek, California, p. 5 (2014). Retrieved July 30, 2014. He received four

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honors during his college swimming career. At the

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in Montreal, Quebec, he swam the butterfly leg for Canada's second-place relay team in the final of the men's 4×100-metre medley relay, together with Stephen Pickell (backstroke), Graham Smith (breaststroke) and Gary MacDonald (freestyle). The Canadians finished in 3:45.94, behind the American team that set a new world record of 3:42.22. Individually, Evans also competed in the men's 100-metre butterfly, finishing sixth in the event final with a time of 55.81 seconds. After the 1976 Olympics, Evans continued to train in the hope of competing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. At the

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in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he competed in the men's 100-metre butterfly, finishing third with a time of 56.63 seconds.GBRAthletics.com
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Retrieved July 31, 2014. He could not compete in the 1980 Olympics because of the

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of the Moscow Summer Olympic Games.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Clay 1953 births Living people Canadian male breaststroke swimmers Canadian male butterfly swimmers Canadian male medley swimmers Olympic silver medalists for Canada Olympic swimmers for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games UCLA Bruins men's swimmers Canadian expatriate swimmers in the United States Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Pan American Games bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian sportsmen 21st-century Canadian sportsmen

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