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]
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| Birth name | Terrence Jesse Evans | ||||||||||||||
| Born | October 4, 1911 Ashton upon Mersey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | May 4, 1999 (aged 87) North Bay, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Middleweight | ||||||||||||||
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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
- Terry Evans at Olympedia
- "Our History | North Bay Canoe Club". www.northbaycanoeclub.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14.
- "Obituary of Terry Evans". The North Bay Nugget. May 7, 1999. p. C1.
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