Career
He has competed in the 62 kg and 69 kg weight categories, and was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics. Born to North Wales parents then resident in Dundee, Scotland, the family moved back to their home in Holyhead, Anglesey before Evans started his schooling. Evans started weightlifting aged 12, when he joined the local Holyhead Weightlifting Club.
A trained painter and decorator, he gave up his job in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and moved for the preceding year to Headingley, Leeds, to train full-time at the British Weight Lifting High Performance Centre.
Evans has a daughter. The following day, he was arrested for breaking the nose of Evans, and ordered to pay £400 after appearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
Competing for Great Britain Olympic Games London 2012 – 69 kg (6831) Snatch: 130 Clean & Jerk: 158 Total: 288 (17th) World Championships Paris 2011 – 69 kg (6702) Snatch: 120 Clean & Jerk: 145 Total: 265 (41st) European Championships 2010 – 62 kg (6125) Snatch: 111 Clean & Jerk: 135 Total: 246 (13th) Competing for Wales Delhi 2010 – 62 kg (6164) Snatch: 111 Clean & Jerk: 135 Total: 246 (12th) Commonwealth Senior Championships 2011 – 69 kg (6756) Snatch: 121 Clean & Jerk: 145 Total: 266 (3rd) International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Cup 2007 – 62 kg (6085) Snatch: 107 Clean & Jerk: 128 Total: 235 (4th) At the 2012 Olympics, in the snatch he lifted 130 kg, but failed his final attempt at 133 kg. In the clean and jerk, he lifted 158 kg but failed at 160 kg.
With a personal best total of 288 kg, as well as personal bests in both the snatch and cleand and jerk, he finished eighth in group B and 17th overall in the 69 kg weight category.
