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Born in Madera, California , Evans was undefeated in high school and won his first AAU championship in 440 Yd (402 m) in 1966 , shortly after graduating. He repeated his win in next year and won AAU and NCAA 400 m titles in 1968 . Lee Evans achieved his first in a time of 1:22.1. Evans won the 1968 Olympic trials with a world record 44.0 and demolished it in Olympic final, winning in time 43.86. Evans won a second gold as the anchorman on the 4 x 400 m relay team, setting another world record of 2:56.1. Both the times stood as a world record for 20 years. After winning the AAU 400 m titles in 1969 and 1972 , Evans finished only fourth in the 1972 Olympic trials, but was named a member of the 4 x 400 m relay team once more. However, the United States couldn't field a team because Vincent Matthews and Wayne Collett were suspended, for a demonstration at a medal ceremony like Tommie Smith and John Carlos in the previous Olympics. Evans became a professional after the 1972 season. He was reinstated as an amateur in 1980 and ran a 46.5 in one of his few appearances that year, at the age of thirty-three. Evans is currently the head cross country/track & field coach at the University Of South Alabama . |
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