Evan Dunfee

Evan Dunfee (born September 28, 1990)[1] is a Canadian race walker and Olympian. He set the Canadian records in the 50 kilometres race walk (at 3:41:38) at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he placed 4th.

Evan Dunfee
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1990-09-28) September 28, 1990
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportAthletics
Event(s)Racewalking

History

He competed for his national team in the 50K walk at the 2013 World Championships, finishing in under 4 hours at 3:59:28. He won a bronze medal with his team at the 2013 World University Games where two of the winning Russian race walkers, Denis Strelkov and Andrey Ruzavin have since been suspended for doping violations. Dunfee is the 2012 champion and record holder for the 20 km walk at the NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics. He was the silver medalist at the Athletics at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie. He has several near misses finishing fourth at the 2009 Pan American Race Walking Cup, the 2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup, 2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup and the 2012 Oceania Race Walking Championships and sixth at the 2010 Commonwealth Games[2] usually very close to teammate and training partner Gomez.

Dunfee grew up and currently lives in Richmond, British Columbia, training up to 50 km a day.[3] He attended Kingswood Elementary in Richmond, British Columbia. He graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2014 with a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology.[4] In his free time, he writes for Canadian Running Magazine.[5] His work has been quoted by Associated Press[6] and Inside the Games.[7] Additionally, he is a KidSport ambassador.[8] In 2018, in support of KidSport's 25th anniversary, he raised funds and walked 25km a day for 25 days.[9]

He set his 50 km personal best of 3:41:38 on August 19, 2016 during the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[10]

In July 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Rio Olympics.[11] In the 50-kilometre race walk, Hirooki Arai of Japan initially finished third. He was then disqualified for making contact with Dunfee, but Arai's medal was reinstated on a further appeal. Dunfee advised the Canadian team against making a further appeal.[12] Dunfee set a new Canadian record in the event. He also competed in the 20-kilometre race walk, placing tenth.

Personal bests

EventResultVenueDate
Road walk
10 km40:19 min Moncton, New BrunswickJune 22, 2013
20 km1:20:13 hrs TaicangMay 4, 2014
50 km3:41:38 hrs Rio de JaneiroAugust 19, 2016
Track walk
5000 m18:53.06 min Vancouver, British ColumbiaApril 5, 2014
10,000 m39:21.30 min Coquitlam, British ColumbiaJune 11, 2016
20,000 m1:25:15.0 hrs (ht) Calgary, AlbertaJune 25, 2011

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Canada
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 23rd 10,000 m 47:40.86
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 10th 10,000 m 42:56.82
2009 Pan American Race Walking Cup (U20) San Salvador, El Salvador 4th 10 km 44:16
Pan American Junior Championships Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 6th 10,000 m 43:27.04
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua, México 20 km DNF
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 6th 20 km 1:28:13
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 14th 20 km 1:29:13
2012 Oceania Race Walking Championships Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 4th 20 km 1:25:17
World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 20 km DNF
15th Team (20 km) 180 pts
NACAC U23 Championships Irapuato, México 1st 20,000 m 1:26:15.32 A
2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala 4th 20 km 1:25:43 A
Universiade Kazan, Russia 21st 20 km 1:31:07
3rd Team (20 km) 4:20:35
World Championships Moscow, Russia 36th 50 km 3:59:28
Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 2nd 20 km 1:25:30
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 11th 20 km 1:20:13
4th Team (20 km) 36 pts
2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup Arica, Chile 4th 20 km 1:21:54
1st Team (20 km) 21 pts
World Championships Beijing, China 12th 20 km 1:21:48
12th 50 km 3:49:56
2016 2016 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships Rome, Italy 16th 20 km 1:21:26
2nd Team (20 km) 28 pts
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10th 20 km 1:20:49
4th 50 km 3:41:38
2017 IAAF World Championships in Athletics London, England 15th 50 km 3:47:36
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 8th 20 km 1:23:26
NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 1st 20 km 1:25:39
2019 IAAF World Championships in Athletics Doha, Qatar 3rd 50 km 4:05:02

: Guest appearance out of competition.

References

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