Kenny Evans (high jumper)

{{short description|American high jumper (born 1979)}}

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| full_name = Kenny Evans

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|4|6}}

| birth_place = Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S.

| collegeteam = Arkansas State University

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 163

| country = United States

| sport = Athletics

| event = High jump

| club = Arkansas Razorbacks

| pb = {{height|m=2.31}} (2000){{cite web|url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/evans_still_a_school_record_holder_3663769/|title=Evans Still A School-Record Holder|publisher=Arkansas Razorbacks|date=November 7, 2014|access-date=April 24, 2023}}

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Kenny Evans (born April 6, 1979) is a retired American high jumper. He finished thirteenth at the 2000 Olympic Games. His personal best jump is 2.31 metres (7 ft 7 in), achieved in March 2000 in Fayetteville.{{cite web|url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/89126|title=Olympedia – Kenny Evans|access-date=April 24, 2023}}

Evans won the high jump at the 1998 and 2001 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. He was also a three-time champion indoors and a winner outdoors at the Southeastern Conference Championships.http://static.lakana.com/nxsglobal/nwahomepage/document_dev/2016/06/30/2016%20MTR%20Olympic%20Trials%20Profiles_9279496_ver1.0.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

Evans is the father of professional basketball player Keenan Evans, who previously played college basketball at Texas Tech University.{{cite web|url=https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/keenan-evans-maccabi-this-is-the-type-of-stuff-you-live-for/|title=Keenan Evans, Maccabi: 'This is the type of stuff you live for'|publisher=EuroLeague|date=December 22, 2021|access-date=April 24, 2023}}{{cite news|last1=Murphree|first1=Marcus|title=Berkner star guard Keenan Evans signs with Texas Tech basketball|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/richardson/2014/04/16/berkner-star-guard-keenan-evans-signs-with-texas-tech-basketball|access-date=February 11, 2018|work=The Dallas Morning News|date=April 16, 2014}}