Janet Evans-- Olympian --Autographed Photo

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Janet Evans Olympian --Autographed Photo
8 1/2" x 11"
Very Good Condition
I met Janet at a conference.  She had attended Stanford and USC and I had gone to UCLA...hence, the reference to the "Bruins" in the autograph.
Janet Beth Evans (aka: Miss Perpetual Motion)  is an American former competition swimmer who specialized in distance freestyle events. Evans was a world champion and world record-holder, and won a total of four gold medals at the 1988 and the 1992 Olympics.
Evans was distinctive for her unorthodox "windmill" stroke and her apparently inexhaustible cardio-respiratory reserves. Slight of build and short of stature, she more than once found herself competing and winning against bigger and stronger athletes, some of whom were subsequently found to have been using performance-enhancing drugs.
She set world records in the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events.  She ended her career having
held seven world records, five Olympic medals (including four gold medals), and 45 American national titles.