Janet Evans Research Paper

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Janet Evens, born on August 28, 1971, in Fullerton, CA. A famous swimmer started swimming at the age of 2, has a legendary distance freestyle metals and world records. At the age of 15, she is already such a good swimmer, breaking metals, and breaking world records.
At the age of 15, Janet Evans broke the world record in the 400m, 800m, and the 1500m distance freestyle. One year later in the Olympics in 1988, Janet won 3 gold medals in three of her races which is the 400m and 800m freestyle and 400m individual medley also the first back to back Olympic titles. “At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Janet swam in both the 400 meters and 800-meter freestyle but failed to medal. The highlight of those Games came at the Opening Ceremonies, where she passed the Olympic Flame to Muhammad Ali. She retired from competitive swimming at the end of the Atlanta Games” (Janet Evans Biography).
”Between 1986 and 1995, Janet Evans won 25 out of 27 major international races at 400m and 22 out of 23 at 800m. Her world record for the 800m freestyle lasted through four Olympic Games until it was finally broken at the 2008 Beijing Games.” (Janet Evans). In high school, Janet Evans was so good at swimming and won so many titles when she was in high school she went into the hall of fame that that is really …show more content…

Her first book, "Janet Evans' Total Swimming", was published in 2007 and offers fitness programs, workouts, and proper swim techniques to readers. In 2008, Janet starred on NBC's reality show Celebrity Circus. Her career as the motivational speaker began at the age of sixteen and has turned her into one of the most requested keynotes in the country.”(Janet Evans Biography). Now Janet Evans a retired athlete, she is now has a husband named Billy with 2 kids named Sydney and

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