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.
 2020 World Half Marathon Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 November 1993 Hereford[citation needed] |
| Sport | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sport | Long-distance running |
Career
editIn 2019, she was part of the Cardiff Athletics Club first ever team to win the ERRA Women’s National 4 stage Relays.
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 2021, she finished 5th in the British Olympic Trials and achieved the Commonwealth Games qualification time to represent Wales.
In 2022, she competed for Wales in the women’s marathon at the Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. She finished in ninth place.[3]
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.
At the 2022 and 2024 TCS London Marathon she was the Elite Women’s Pacemaker.[4][5]
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, this was a Paris Olympics qualification time.[6][7] This earned her the spot of Olympic reserve for Paris 2024. 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.
Clara was selected to compete for Great Britain in the Women's Half Marathon at the 26th European Athletics Championships at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy in June 2024.[8] Clara finished 9th overall in a PB helping Great Britain won Gold in the team event.[9]
Evans received a late call-up to run the marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics when Charlotte Purdue withdrew just days before the race due to an ankle injury.[10]
Records
edit| Best Known Performances | |
|---|---|
| Event | Time |
| Park Run | 15:49 |
| 5K | 15:34 |
| 10K | 31.53 |
| Half Marathon | 70:06 |
| Marathon | 2:25:01 |
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Birmingham 2022 Results". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ Njuguna, William (29 September 2022). "Kosgei withdraws from London Marathon due to Hamstring injury". The Star. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ Rhodes, James (21 April 2024). "Excellent Emile & Marvellous Mhairi - London Marathon Round Up". Fast Running. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Ranking . Maratón . Valencia Ciudad del Running". resultados.valenciaciudaddelrunning.com. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Ranking List". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "FURTHER UPDATES TO THE GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND TEAM FOR THE 2024 EUROPEAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Grovdal completes gold quest at Roma 2024". European Athletics. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "GB's Purdue out of Games marathon with ankle injury". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
External links
edit- 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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