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Stephen Evans
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Eight
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Nottingham M8+
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh Eight

Stephen Frederick Evans (born 24 September 1962, in Sydney) is an Australian former National Champion, World Champion and Olympic medal winning rower.

Club and state rowing

He was born in Sydney and his senior rowing was with the Mosman Rowing Club where his father Bruce Evans was an accomplished coach.

Evans was first selected to represent New South Wales in the men's Interstate Youth Eight Championship contesting the Noel F Wilkinson Trophy at the 1981 Australian Rowing Championships.In 1982 he was again selected in the New South Wales youth eight and stroked that crew to victory.[1]

In 1983 Evans competed at the National Regatta in Mosman colours in a composite coxless four. He was selected and trained in the New South Wales King's Cup eight but pulled out on the day due to injury.In 1993 at the Australian Championships he stroked the New South Wales King's Cup crew to victory in the men's Interstate Eight-Oared Championship.[2] He again stroked the New South Wales King's Cup eight in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988.

Evans won Australian national titles at the Australian Rowing Championships in 1985 in a coxed four; in 1986 in a coxed pair (in Mosman colours with Craig Muller)[3]; and competed and placed in pairs & fours in 1987 and 1988.

International representative rowing

Evans first international call up for Australia was to the Olympic squad for Los Angeles 1984. Evans stroked the Australian men's VIII to a bronze medal.[4]

He first World Championship national representation was at the 1986 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, England where stroked the Australian men's [[Eight (rowing)|eight to victory. It was Australia's first and only World Championship title in the men's VIII. [5] That same year at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, that same crew with Evans at stroke won gold in the Australian men's VIII.[6]

References

  1. ^ 1982 Austn Rowing C'ships
  2. ^ 1984 Austn C'ships at Guerin Foster
  3. ^ 1986 Austn C'ships at Guerin Foster
  4. ^ 1984 Olympics
  5. ^ 1986 World C'ships at Guerin Foster
  6. ^ 1986 C'wealth Games
  • Stephen Evans at World Rowing
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stephen Evans". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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