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| Born | (1991-01-25)January 25, 1991 (age 34) Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Portage, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 275 lb (125 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Kentucky Wildcats | ||||||||||||||
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| Personalbest | Discus throw: 66.74 m (218 ft11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Andrew Evans (born January 25, 1991) is an Americantrack and field athlete who competes in thediscus throw.
Born to Lawrence and Laura Evans he grew up inPortage, Michigan. He competed inice hockey,American football and discus at high school.
As a sophomore, 2007, Andrew finished as MI MHSAA D1 State Discus Runner-Up with a throw of 162'5". He also finished as All-State in Shot Put his sophomore year with a throw of 52'10.75".
He is two time MHSAA Division 1 State Discus Champion (2008 - 180'8" & 2009 - 182'10") from Portage Northern High School, MI. He finished as State Runner-Up in Shot Put in 2008 - 60'4" - & 2009 - 57'9.75", The PN T&F team finished 2nd in the State of Michigan D1 championship in 2009.
[1] He made his international debut at the2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, taking tenth place.[2] After a period atKalamazoo Valley Community College he went on to attend theUniversity of Kentucky from 2011 and took part in competitions with theKentucky Wildcats team.[1]
He was the winner of the discus at theSoutheastern Conference outdoor championships in 2012 and 2014, finishing runner-up in the interim. At theNCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships he was seventh in 2012 and improved to third in 2013. In his final year, however, he fell back to 14th place.[3]
Leaving college and turning professional, he entered the2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and took third place. He failed to obtain the qualifying standard for the2015 World Championships in Athletics, however. Both he andRuss Winger contested the final place at the2015 NACAC Championships in Athletics and it ultimately went to Winger, with Evans being the silver medalist at the NACAC meet.[4][5]
He achieved the Olympic standard in April 2016 with a new personal record of 65.41 m (214 ft 7 in).[2] At age 25 he made his firstAmerican Olympic team with a third-place finish at the2016 United States Olympic Trials, finishing behindMason Finley andTavis Bailey.[6]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 10th | Discus throw | 56.91 m |
| 2015 | NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 2nd | Discus throw | 59.32 m |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 16th (q) | Discus throw | 61.87 m |
| 2017 | World Championships | London,United Kingdom | 20th (q) | Discus throw | 61.32 m |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 18th (q) | Discus throw | 62.20 m |
| NACAC Championships | Freeport, Bahamas | 4th | Discus throw | 61.09 m | |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 17th (q) | Discus throw | 62.25 m |
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