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{{Short description|Welsh squash player (born 1974)}}
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| name                    = David Evans
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| country                 = {{WAL}}
| residence               = [[Pontypool]]
| birth_date              = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|10|24}}
| birth_place             = [[Pontypool]]
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| racquet                 = Prince O3 Ozone Tour
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| event                   = Men's Singles
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| highest_ranking         = 3
| date_of_highest_ranking = February 2001
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[squash (sport)|squash]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{WAL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[WSF World Team Squash Championships|World Team Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1999 Men's World Team Squash Championships|1999 Cairo]] | [[Wales men's national squash team|Team]]}}
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'''David Evans''' (born 24 October 1974, in [[Pontypool]], [[Wales]]) is a [[squash (sport)|squash]] player from Wales. He won the [[British Open Squash Championships|British Open]] in 2000, beating [[Paul Price (squash player)|Paul Price]] of [[Australia]] in the final 15-11, 15-6, 15-10. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 3 in February 2001.<ref>[https://www.squashinfo.com/player/49-david-evans Profile at squashinfo.com]. Retrieved 21 December 2011</ref>

Evans is 6&nbsp;ft 3, bringing a height and reach advantage to his game. He only took up the sport seriously at 16 years of age.

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429084503/http://www.psaworldtour.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,13121~145,00.html |date=29 April 2014 |title=David Evans – PSA World Tour profile}}
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051204151245/http://www.squashtalk.com/profiles/devansprof.htm |date=4 December 2005 |title=Article at Squashtalk.com}}
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006235732/http://www.squashpics.com/topmen/david_evans.htm |date=6 October 2008 |title=Page at Squashpics.com}}

{{British Open squash men's singles champions}}

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[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Welsh male squash players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Pontypool]]


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