# Tom Evenson

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{{Short description|English long-distance runner}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name=Tom Evenson
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|image = Tom Evenson 1933.jpg
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|caption= Tom Evenson in 1933
|birth_date= 9 January 1910 
|birth_place= [Manchester](/source/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](/source/Steeplechase_(athletics))
|club= [Salford Harriers](/source/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/> 
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| show-medals    = yes
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{{Medal|Competition|Olympics}}
{{Medal|Silver | [1932 Los Angeles](/source/1932_Summer_Olympics) | [3000 m steeplechase](/source/Athletics_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_3000_metre_steeplechase)}}
{{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[British Empire Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{Medal|Silver| [1934 London](/source/1934_British_Empire_Games) | 2 mi steeplechase}}
{{Medal|Bronze| [1930 Hamilton](/source/1930_British_Empire_Games) | 6 miles}}
{{Medal|Competition|[International Cross Country Championships](/source/International_Cross_Country_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Gold|[1930 Leamington](/source/1930_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Team}}
{{Medal|Gold|[1930 Leamington](/source/1930_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Individual}}
{{Medal|Gold|[1931 Dublin](/source/1931_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Team}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[1931 Dublin](/source/1931_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Individual}}
{{Medal|Gold|[1932 Brussels](/source/1932_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Team}}
{{Medal|Gold|[1932 Brussels](/source/1932_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Individual}}
{{Medal|Gold|[1933 Caerleon](/source/1933_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Team}}
{{Medal|Gold|[1934 Ayr](/source/1934_International_Cross_Country_Championships)|Team}}
}}

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

== Career ==
Shortly before the [1930 British Empire Games](/source/1930_British_Empire_Games) in Canada, Evenson finished third behind [Jack Winfield](/source/Jack_Winfield) in the 10 miles event at the [1930 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/Athletics_at_the_1930_British_Empire_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_6_miles).<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](/source/List_of_British_champions_in_3000_metres_steeplechase) after winning the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title at the [1931 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/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](/source/1934_British_Empire_Games).<ref name=r1/> Two years later Evenson regained the steeplechase [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title at the [1936 AAA Championships](/source/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](/source/Great_Britain_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics) at the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin, where he was eliminated in the first round of the [3000 metre steeplechase competition](/source/Athletics_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_3000_metre_steeplechase).<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](/source/International_Cross_Country_Championships) in 1930–1936 and won seven gold medals: two individual and five with English teams.<ref name=r1/>

== References ==
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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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