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| name = Gareth Evans | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Gareth Irfon Evans | nationality = Wales | ethnicity = | residence = Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|4|18}} | birth_place = Dundee, Scotland | height = {{convert|1.69|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|69|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | country = Wales/Great Britain | sport = Weightlifting | event = –69kg | club = Holyhead Weightlifting Club[1] | turnedpro = | coach = Ray Williams & Tamas Feher[1] | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | highestranking = | pb = total: 299 kg (Queensland 2018) snatch: 136 kg (Queensland 2018) c&j: 163 kg (Queensland 2018) | updated = 6 April 2018 | medaltemplates ={{MedalSport|Men's weightlifting}}{{MedalCountry|{{WAL}}}}{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}{{MedalGold|2018 Gold Coast|69kg}} }}Gareth Irfon Evans (born 18 April 1986) is a British weightlifter.[1] He has competed in the 62 kg and 69 kg weight categories, and was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics.[2] Early and personal lifeEvans was born to North Wales parents then resident in Dundee, Scotland, but the family moved back to their home in Holyhead, Anglesey before Evans started his schooling. Evans started weightlifting aged 12, when he joined the local Holyhead Weightlifting Club.[3][6] A trained painter and decorator, he gave up his job in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and moved for the preceding year to Headingley, Leeds, to train full-time at the British Weight Lifting High Performance Centre. Evans has a daughter.[4] CareerAt the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Francois Etoundi a Cameroon-born weightlifter competing for Australia, competed in the men's 77 kg event where he won a bronze medal.[5] The following day, he was arrested for breaking the nose of Evans, and ordered to pay £400 after appearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court. Etoundi was later stripped of his Commonwealth Games accreditation and sent home in disgrace.[6][7][8][9] London 2012 OlympicsAt the 2012 Olympics, in the snatch he lifted 130 kg, but failed his final attempt at 133 kg. In the clean and jerk, he lifted 158 kg but failed at 160 kg. With a personal best total of 288 kg, as well as personal bests in both the snatch and the clean and jerk, he finished eighth in group B and 17th overall in the 69 kg weight category.[10][11] Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth GamesGareth Evans clinched his first Commonwealth Games medal during the 2018 Commonwealth Games on 6 April 2018 after winning a gold medal in the men's 69kg weightlifting event.[12] This was also the first gold medal won by Wales at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.[13] Major results
References1. ^Gareth Evans. Britishweightlifting.org. Retrieved 12 February 2013. 2. ^Weightlifting: Gareth Evans realises his Olympic dream. walesonline.co.uk, 11 June 2012 3. ^1 2 http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/weightlifting-gareth-evans-says-owes-2658427 4. ^1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19067610 5. ^{{cite news |last=McCullough |first=Ian |title=Francois Etoundi overcomes injury to win bronze |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=28 July 2014 |url=http://www.samoaobserver.ws/home/headlines/10990-samoa-has-lift-off |accessdate=15 October 2014}} 6. ^{{cite news |title=Weightlifter Francois Etoundi fined for headbutt that broke Welsh rival's nose |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=31 July 2014 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/aug/01/weightlifter-francois-etoundi-fined-headbutt}} 7. ^{{cite news |title=Weightlifter Francois Etoundi attacks Welsh athlete |publisher=BBC Sport |location=UK |date=31 July 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-28580343}} 8. ^{{cite news |title=Francois Etoundi stripped of Commonwealth Games accreditation, say Australian team |work=Daily Mail |location=UK |date=31 July 2014 |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2711774/Francois-Etoundi-stripped-Commonwealth-Games-accreditation-say-Australian-team.html}} 9. ^https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/11004040/Commonwealth-Games-Weightlifters-fighting-over-a-girl-end-in-court.html 10. ^{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19068742 | website=BBC Sport |title=Olympics 2012: Gareth Evans sets three personal bests | date=31 July 2012 | access-date=12 February 2013}} 11. ^Gareth Evans. Team GB. Retrieved 12 February 2013. 12. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/commonwealth-games/43666774|title=Commonwealth Games: Welsh weightlifter Gareth Evans wins -69kg gold|date=2018-04-06|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en-GB}} 13. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2018-04-06/weightlifter-gareth-evans-is-the-first-competitor-to-win-a-gold-medal-for-wales-in-the-commonwealth-games/|title=Weightlifter Gareth Evans is the first competitor to win a gold medal for Wales in the Commonwealth Games|work=ITV News|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en}} External links
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