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Peter Evans (born August 1, 1961) was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s, who won four medals in Olympics competition, most notably a gold in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. He won two consecutive bronze medals in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.The son of prominent Western Australian businessman and politician Max Evans, Evans had a slow start to his swimming career, not making his debut at the Australian championships until he was 17. Despite placing second in the 100 m breaststroke, he was not selected for Australia, and instead travelled to the United Kingdom to train under David Haller, funded by his father. During this period, he quickly improved his times and rose from outside the top 200 into the top 25 in the world. Evans returned to Australia in 1980 and qualified in both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke. A sprinter, he won the 100 m in an Australian record and showed a preference for shorter events, which required less training mileage. Evans gained a reputation for often doing less training laps than his coach asked of him.
