Jay Thomas Evans (January 21, 1931 – March 18, 2008) was an American wrestler. Evans was Olympic silver medalist in freestyle wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling.[1]
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Full name | Jay Thomas Evans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. | January 21, 1931||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | March 18, 2008 Norman, Oklahoma, U.S. | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Greco-Roman, Freestyle, and Folkstyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Oklahoma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | U.S. Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ^ "Tommy Evans". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
External links
edit- Jay Thomas Evans at the International Wrestling Database
- Jay Thomas Evans at Olympedia