Janet Evans

Despite her small size and unorthodox windmill stroke, Janet Evans was a natural-born swimmer who was swimming laps at the age of two. In 1987, when she was 15 years old, Evans broke the world record in the 400, 800m and the 1,500m freestyle. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Evans won her first gold medal in the 400m individual medley. Three days later, she won the 400m freestyle and broke her own world record by 1.6 seconds. She added a third Olympic victory in the 800m freestyle. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Evans easily defended her title in the 800m by leading from start to finish and winning by eight metres and won the silver in the 400m. Evans made one final appearance at the Olympics in 1996, but cites running the Olympic torch as the highlight of that Olympics over the actual competition. Considered the greatest female distance swimmer of all time, her world records for the 400, the 800 and the 1,500, set in 1988 and 1989, have yet to be broken.

Picture of Janet Evans Janet is a highly requested public speaker throughout the World, having executed endorsements for Speedo, McDonald's, SkinMedica/Vanqia, and many others. Janet will continue to be a very hot commodity as long as there is an Olympic Games somewhere in the world or the desire by a group to hear from one of the greatest living legends of all-time in sports.

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