Clayton Evans (born October 28, 1953 in El Bagic, Colombia) is a former medley

Medley swimming

Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley or by four swimmers as a medley relay...

 swimmer from Canada

Canada

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, who was born in South America to Canadian parents. He moved to Huntington Beach, California

Huntington Beach, California

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 at age fifteen and was recruited by UCLA on a swimming and water polo scholarship. Before entering UCLA, Evans represented Canada in the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

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 in Munich

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Evans was a four year All-American and NCAA finalist in the 100m Butterfly and an Olympic silver medallist at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

 in the 4x100m Medley Relay. He has broken over 40 Masters National and World records. After graduating from UCLA, Evans began his coaching career with Team Santa Monica

Santa Mônica

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 while he was in graduate school in Architecture. After practicing Architecture in Europe and Saudi Arabia, he returned to West L.A. and concentrated on developing SCAQ (Southern California Aquatics), which he established in 1979 with Bonnie Adair

Bonnie Adair

Bonnie Adair was born in El Segundo, California in 1952, and started swimming and diving at age 5. Adair set 35 National Age Group records and for 29 years had the fastest 50-meter freestyle record for an 8-year-old. Bonnie competed in 14 National Championships and 2 Olympic Trials in 1968 and 1972...

 - (http://www.swim.net/SCAQ/). SCAQ has subsequently become one of the largest Masters swimming program in the U.S.

In 1992, Evans was selected as the United States Masters Coach of the Year. In 1999, the resident of Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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 was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Masters Aquatic Coaches Association.

Evans now lives in Culver City, California

Culver City, California

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with his two daughters Lara Joy Evans and Alina Evans.