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Peter Evans (born 1 August 1961) is a former breaststroke swimmer for Australia who won four Olympic medals in the 1980s. After training in the UK under David Haller, he returned to Australia in 1980. He rebuffed Australian government pressure to boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympics in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and won gold in the 4×100 m medley relay as one of the Quietly Confident Quartet. He also won bronze in the 100 m breaststroke. After competing for the University of Arizona in the US, he returned to Australia for the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, winning silver in the 100 m breaststroke and gold in the medley relay. He competed in his second Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984, winning bronze in the 100 m breaststroke and the medley relay. Evans retired from swimming after missing selection for the 1986 Commonwealth Games, and unsuccessfully attempted to follow his father Max into politics before pursuing a career in business. (Full article...)
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