Paul William Evans
Biography
Paul Evans is a British distance runner and two-time Olympian. He won the 1996 Chicago Marathon in 2:08:52 and represented Great Britain over 10,000m at the Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.
His road career includes second at the 1995 New York City Marathon, third at the 1996 London Marathon, and victories at the Lisbon and Reading half marathons. He later became a running coach in Norfolk.
Paul William Evans's published record includes performances from 1988 to 2018 in 3000 Metres, Half marathon, 1500 Metres, 800 Metres, 10,000 Metres, 10 Miles Road. Selected recorded events include Tonbridge (1988; unverified record); Simplyhealth Great East Run Half Marathon (2018; source checked); Reebok Meet (1989; unverified record).
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Achieved
25 finishes completed
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5 marathons completed
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First recorded 5K
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First recorded 10K
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First recorded half marathon
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5 countries raced
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3 marathon majors completed
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2 sports completed
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Raced in 15 calendar years
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PB improved
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Next milestones
50 finishes
3 more finishes needed
47 of 50 recorded
10 marathons
1 more marathon needed
9 of 10 recorded
10 different countries
4 more different countries needed
6 of 10 recorded
Career highlights
Paul William Evans's published record includes performances from 1988 to 2018 in 3000 Metres, Half marathon, 1500 Metres, 800 Metres, 10,000 Metres, 10 Miles Road.
Selected events from this athlete’s recorded career. Verification is shown for each record.
Tonbridge
1988 · 3000 Metres
Unverified recordSimplyhealth Great East Run Half Marathon
2018 · Half marathon
Source checkedReebok Meet
1989 · 1500 Metres
Unverified recordBritish Athletics League — Match 4
1989 · 800 Metres
Source checkedLondon
1990 · 10,000 Metres
Unverified recordSun Life Great Race- Stage 20, London
1990 · 10 Miles Road
Unverified record
Earlier results
Showing 46–50 of 120 recorded performances.
| Race date | Race name | Sport | Distance / discipline | Location | Performance | Place | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, 29 Mar 1998 | Completed event · Finisher · City-Pier-City, The Hague | Running | Half marathonSurface not recorded | NED | 1:04:40VerifiedTiming unknown | 25 | — |
| Sun, 11 Jan 1998 | Completed event · Finisher · Half Marathon, Egmond aan Zee | Running | Half marathonSurface not recorded | NED | 1:03:23VerifiedTiming unknown | 4 | — |
| Sun, 19 Oct 1997 | Completed event · Major marathon · Finisher · Chicago MarathonMajor marathon · final | Running | MarathonRoad | Chicago | 2:09:20VerifiedTiming unknown | 6 | — |
| Sun, 5 Oct 1997 | Completed event · Silver · 2nd · Overall · Great South Run | Running | 10miRoad | Portsmouth | 46:57VerifiedTiming unknown | 2Completed event · Silver · 2nd · Men’s race · Gender · 2nd | — |
| Sun, 21 Sept 1997 | Completed event · Finisher · Dam to Dam Run | Running | 10miSurface not recorded | Zaandam, Netherlands | 46:35VerifiedTiming unknown | 6 | — |
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