Kyle Evans (born 26 September 1993) is a British former BMX rider from

Hindley, Greater Manchester Hindley ( ) is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester, England. It is east of Wigan and covers an area of . Within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic county of Lancashire, Hindley (which ...

, who represented Great Britain in international competitions. He competed in the men's time trial event at the

2015 UCI BMX World Championships The 2015 UCI BMX World Championships were the twentieth edition of the UCI BMX World Championships, which took place in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, and crowned world champions in the cycle sport, cycling discipline of BMX racing. Medal summary Elite ...

. Evans was selected for the British cycling team at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

in Rio de Janeiro, competing in the men's BMX race. After grabbing a twenty-first seed in the opening round with a time of 35.776, Evans scored a total of 19 placing points to take the penultimate spot against seven other riders in his quarter-final heat. He was thus eliminated from the tournament. Evans made an appearance on the ‘ Question of Sport’ episode that aired on 14 November 2018. Having retired from BMX racing in 2020, Evans acted as a batonbearer for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay when the baton came to

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* * * 1993 births Living people British BMX riders English male cyclists British male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Hindley, Greater Manchester Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan 21st-century English sportsmen {{UK-cycling-bio-stub