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Clara Evans
Clara Evans competing in the 2020 World Half Marathon Championships in Poland
Evans in 2020
Personal information
Born (1993-11-27) 27 November 1993 (age 30)
Hereford[citation needed]
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportLong-distance running
ClubPontypridd Roadents AC[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals46th Paris 2024
Commonwealth finals9th Birmingham 2022

Clara Evans (born 27 November 1993)[2][3] is a British long-distance runner who has represented Great Britain at international competitions including the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Career

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In 2020, Evans competed for Great Britain in the women's half marathon at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[3]

In 2022, she competed for Wales in the women’s marathon at the Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. She finished in ninth place.[4]

At the 2022 and 2024 TCS London Marathon she was the Elite Women’s Pacemaker.[5][6]

In 2023, she ran a time of 2:25:01 at the Valencia Marathon, breaking the Welsh record and achieving the Paris Olympics qualification time.[7] [8][9] Evans competed for Great Britain in the woman's half marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships, held in Riga, Latvia. She finished 22nd and Great Britain secured a team bronze.[10]

Evans was selected to compete for Great Britain in the Women's Half Marathon at the 26th European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024.[11] She finished 9th overall in a personal best, helping Great Britain win gold in the team event.[12][13][14]

Evans received a late call-up to run the marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics when Charlotte Purdue withdrew just days before the race due to an ankle injury.[15][16] She was the highest placed British competitor in the event, finishing 46th.[17][18]

References

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  1. ^ "Clara Evans - Athletics". Sport Wales. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Clara Evans". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Women's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Results". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  5. ^ Njuguna, William (29 September 2022). "Kosgei withdraws from London Marathon due to Hamstring injury". The Star. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  6. ^ Rhodes, James (21 April 2024). "Excellent Emile & Marvellous Mhairi - London Marathon Round Up". Fast Running. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Clara Evans sets new Welsh women's marathon record". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Ranking . Maratón . Valencia Ciudad del Running". resultados.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Ranking List". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Two medals for Great Britain & NI at the World Road Running Championships". England Athletics. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  11. ^ "FURTHER UPDATES TO THE GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND TEAM FOR THE 2024 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Grovdal completes gold quest at Roma 2024". European Athletics. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Hauger-Thackery leads GB to half marathon team gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  14. ^ "CALLI HAUGER-THACKERY LEADS GB TO HALF-MARATHON TEAM GOLD AT EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS, WINS INDIVIDUAL BRONZE". Eurosport. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  15. ^ "GB's Purdue out of Games marathon with ankle injury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Clara Evans replaces Charlotte Purdue in Team GB's Olympic marathon squad". Runner's World. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Clara Evans caps whirlwind week with finish at Paris 2024 marathon". British Athletics. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Whirlwind week for soon-to-be wed Evans". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
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