Janet Evans
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Janet Beth Evans is an American former competition swimmer who swam from 1989 to 1992 for Stanford University and specialized in distance freestyle events. Evans was a world champion and world record-
Evans in 2014
Rebecca Adlington
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Rebecca Adlington is an English former competitive swimmer who raced in freestyle events. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle events, breaking the 19-
Janet Evans
…Ziegler with her time of 15:42.54. Evans held the world record in the 800-meter freestyle, 8:16:22, that she set in August 1989, until it was broken by Rebecca Adlington of Britain in August 2008. Adlington set the new record with her time of 8:14.10 in winning the race at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Evans's 800-meter…
Adlington in the Our Greatest Team Parade
Adlington on an open-top bus outside of Mansfield Town Hall after parading around Mansfield town centre streets in 2008
Rebecca Adlington Swimming Centre in November 2017
Official opening in 2010 with Adlington and parents looking on as Tony Egginton, then-mayor of Mansfield, addresses spectators