Clara Evans (runner)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 November 1993 Hereford[citation needed] |
| Sport | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sport | Long-distance running |
Clara Evans (born 27 November 1993)[1][2] is an elite British long-distance runner who has represented Great Britain and Wales. She is a member of Pontypridd Roadents Athletics Club and the Welsh Endurance Squad.
In 2023, she ran a time of 2:25:04 at the Valencia Marathon, breaking the Welsh Record and ranking her seventh in the all-time list for British athletes. [3] [4] In 2023, she competed for Great Britain in the woman's half marathon at the World Road Running Championships, held in Riga, Latvia. She finished 22nd, where Great Britain secured a team bronze.
In 2022, she competed for Wales in the women’s marathon at the Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. She finished in ninth place.[5]
In 2021, she finished 5th in the British Olympic Trials and achieved the Commonwealth Games qualification time to represent Wales.
In 2020, she competed for Great Britain in the women's half marathon at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[2]
In 2019, she was part of the Cardiff Athletics Club first ever team to win the ERRA Women’s National 4 stage Relays.
On 26th November 2022 she became the joint fastest female ever to complete a UK parkrun at the weekly 5000 metre Cardiff event with a time of 15:49 and third fastest in the world.
She competes domestically and across Europe achieving podium places and race victories, holding numerous course records. At the 2022 TCS London Marathon she was the Elite Women’s Pacemaker.
Full details of performances can be viewed on the Power of 10 website. https://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=2946929469
Clara’s Sports Agent is Astra Partners https://astrapartners.global/
References
- ^ "Clara Evans". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ https://resultados.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com/maraton-clasificados.php?y=2023
- ^ https://www.thepowerof10.info/rankings/rankinglist.aspx?event=Mar&agegroup=ALL&sex=W&alltime=y
- ^ "Birmingham 2022 Results". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
External links
- Clara Evans at World Athletics
- Clara Evans at Welsh Athletics
- Clara Evans at Team Wales
- Clara Evans at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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