Editing Janet Evans (section)

=== Early career ===
Born in [[Fullerton, California]], Evans grew up in neighboring [[Placentia, California|Placentia]], where she started swimming competitively by the age of 5.<ref name=Coaches/>  By the age of 11, she was setting national age group records in distance events.  She swam as a teenager for Fullerton Aquatics Sports Team  (FAST Swimming)  where her most influential coach in the mid-1980's was Bud McAllister.<ref>[http://www.fastswimming.net Fullerton Aquatics Sports Team web site], Accessed September 21, 2016.</ref>

In 1987, at age 15, Evans broke the world records in the [[World record progression 400 metres freestyle#Women|400-meter]], [[World record progression 800 metres freestyle#Women|800-meter]], and [[World record progression 1500 metres freestyle#Women|1,500-meter]] freestyle distances.<ref name=ishof/><ref name=Olympedia/>