Tom Evenson

{{Short description|English long-distance runner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name=Tom Evenson |nickname= |image = Tom Evenson 1933.jpg | image_size = |caption= Tom Evenson in 1933 |birth_date= 9 January 1910 |birth_place= Manchester, England | death_date = 28 November 1997 (aged 87) | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} |sport=Athletics |event= 1500–5000 m, steeplechase |club= Salford Harriers |pb= Mile – 4:22.2e (1932)<br />3000 m – 8:46.3 (1933)<br />5000 m – 14:54.8 (1931)<br />3000 mS – 9:18.8 (1932)<ref name=r1/><ref name=r4/> |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{GBR2}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Olympics}} {{Medal|Silver | 1932 Los Angeles | 3000 m steeplechase}} {{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}} {{Medal|Competition|British Empire Games}} {{Medal|Silver| 1934 London | 2 mi steeplechase}} {{Medal|Bronze| 1930 Hamilton | 6 miles}} {{Medal|Competition|International Cross Country Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|1930 Leamington|Team}} {{Medal|Gold|1930 Leamington|Individual}} {{Medal|Gold|1931 Dublin|Team}} {{Medal|Bronze|1931 Dublin|Individual}} {{Medal|Gold|1932 Brussels|Team}} {{Medal|Gold|1932 Brussels|Individual}} {{Medal|Gold|1933 Caerleon|Team}} {{Medal|Gold|1934 Ayr|Team}} }}

'''Thomas Evenson''' (9 January 1910 – 28 November 1997) was an English long-distance runner who competed for Great Britain at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.

== Career == Shortly before the 1930 British Empire Games in Canada, Evenson finished third behind Jack Winfield in the 10 miles event at the 1930 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19300705/401/0015 |title=Marathon race won by Scotsman |work=Daily Herald |date=5 July 1930 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19300707/257/0014 |title=Three new native records |work=Daily News (London) |date=7 July 1930 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 January 2025 }}</ref> At the 1930 Empire Games he won a bronze medal in the 6 miles event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/hamilton-1930/athletes |title=Hamilton 1930 Team |website=Team England |access-date=9 January 2025 }}</ref>

In 1931 Evenson became the national steeplechase champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1931 AAA Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19310704/264/0013 |title=Athletics records may be smashed today |work=Daily News (London) |date=4 July 1931 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19310706/286/0014 |title=Few AAA titles go abroad |work=Daily Herald |date=6 July 1931 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 January 2025 }}</ref> and successfully retained the title at the 1932 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000320/19320702/059/0006 |title=Amateur Athletics Championships |work=Gloucestershire Echo |date=2 July 1932 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001034/19320703/283/0022 |title=Fast times in AAA Championships |work=Reynolds's Newspaper |date=3 July 1932 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=10 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=9 January 2025 }}</ref>

At the 1932 Olympic Games, he won the silver medal in the 3000 metre steeplechase event.

In 1934 he won the silver medal in the 2-mile steeplechase at the 1934 British Empire Games.<ref name=r1/> Two years later Evenson regained the steeplechase AAA Championships title at the 1936 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19360711/173/0006 |title=AAA Championships begin |work=Western Mail |date=11 July 1936 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19360713/473/0017 |title=Wooderson wins again |work=Daily Herald |date=13 July 1936 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=18 January 2025 }}</ref> One month later he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin, where he was eliminated in the first round of the 3000 metre steeplechase competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/67874 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=18 January 2025}}</ref>

Evenson competed at the International Cross Country Championships in 1930–1936 and won seven gold medals: two individual and five with English teams.<ref name=r1/>

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<ref name=r1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174431/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ev/tom-evenson-1.html Tom Evenson]. sports-reference.com</ref> <ref name=r4>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=1851&Gender=M Thomas Evenson]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref>

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