Terry Evans (wrestler)

Terrence Jesse Evans (October 4, 1911 – May 4, 1999) was a Canadian freestyle sport wrestler who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

Terry Evans
Personal information
Birth nameTerrence Jesse Evans
Born(1911-10-04)October 4, 1911
Ashton upon Mersey, England
DiedMay 4, 1999(1999-05-04) (aged 87)
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Sport
Country Canada
SportWrestling
Weight classMiddleweight
Medal record
Men's Freestyle wrestling
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place 1934 London Middleweight
Gold medal – first place 1938 Sydney Middleweight

He was born in Ashton upon Mersey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

In 1936 he competed in the freestyle middleweight tournament.

At the 1934 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the freestyle middleweight class. Four years later he won again the gold medal in the freestyle middleweight competition at the 1938 Empire Games. He later moved to North Bay, Ontario where he founded the North Bay Canoe Club in 1968, along with his wife Jean.[2] He died there in 1999.[3]

References

  1. Terry Evans at Olympedia
  2. "Our History | North Bay Canoe Club". www.northbaycanoeclub.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14.
  3. "Obituary of Terry Evans". The North Bay Nugget. May 7, 1999. p. C1.


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