Dwayne Eugene Evans (born October 13, 1958) is an American athlete who mainly competed in the 200 meters.
He competed for the United States in the
1976 Summer Olympics
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held in
Montreal, Quebec
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, Canada, where he won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres event. That same year, he had just graduated from
South Mountain High School
South Mountain High School (The Academies at South Mountain) is a high school located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school is part of the Phoenix Union High School District.
Overview
The school was founded in 1954. The school shares its name with S ...
in
Phoenix, Arizona
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. That year he also set the still standing
NFHS national high school records in the 220 yard dash at 20.5. The federation converted record-keeping to metric distances shortly afterward. He was ''
Track and Field News
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'' "High School Athlete of the Year" in 1976. He continued to run, achieving his PR of 20.08 in 1987.
Evans won the British
AAA Championships
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title in the 100 metres event at the
1987 AAA Championships and finished runner-up to
John Regis in the 200 metres.
Evans is currently coaching
Track at South Mountain High School in
Phoenix, Arizona
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, and has twin daughters who are track athletes at
Texas Tech University
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.
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1958 births
Living people
American male sprinters
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field
Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games
Track and field athletes from Phoenix, Arizona
Arizona State Sun Devils men's track and field athletes
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States
NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
20th-century American sportsmen
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