Terry Evans (wrestler)

Terrence "Terry" Jesse Evans (October 4, 1911 – May 4, 1999) was a Canadian freestyle sport wrestler who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

Terry Evans

Personal information
Birth name	Terrence Jesse Evans
Born	(1911-10-04)October 4, 1911 Ashton upon Mersey, England
Died	May 4, 1999(1999-05-04) (aged 87) North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Residence	North Bay, Ontario
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Wrestling
Weight class	Middleweight
Medal record Men's Freestyle wrestling British Empire Games 1934 London Middleweight 1938 Sydney Middleweight

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

1. Terry Evans at Olympedia
3. "Obituary of Terry Evans". The North Bay Nugget. May 7, 1999. p. C1.