Non Evans

Non Evans (born 20 June 1974) is a Welsh multi-discipline sportswoman and TV personality who has competed internationally in rugby union, rugby sevens, touch rugby, judo, weightlifting and freestyle wrestling.

Evans is notable for being the first person to compete in two separate sports at the same Commonwealth games and for later becoming the first woman to compete in three sports at multiple games. In rugby union, she is the world's all-time leading points scorer and Wales' top try scorer in either women's or men's internationals.

Early life Evans was brought up in Pontarddulais and described herself as "very sporty" despite being "very small". She spent her early years competing as an acrobat with Bynea Acrobatic Club, appearing on UK TV programmes Blue Peter and Going Live!. At secondary school (St Michael's School, Llanelli), Evans won tennis tournaments every year and took up Judo at the Pontarddulais Judo Club, where she became Welsh Judo champion in her first year as a competitor. Evans would continue to compete at the Welsh Judo Championships every year until she attended university, where she took up rugby.

Judo, weightlifting and wrestling "I used to do clean and jerks and snatch, and one day someone came up to me and said, “You’re lifting a lot of weight, there. How much do you weigh?”. And I said, “About 57, 58 kilograms”. I was lifting way over my body weight and he said, “You’ll probably qualify for the Commonwealth Games if you went to the Welsh Championships”, and, being a competitive person, I thought, “Well, I’ve nothing to lose”. So I went to the Welsh Championships and won it, went to the British Championships and won it, and qualified for the Commonwealth Games in Manchester. But it was difficult in Manchester, because I was doing the judo and the weightlifting. Doing two sports in one Games is one of the hardest things I’ve had to do, but I wasn’t going to give up the opportunity to lift for my country and fight for my country, so I did it." — Evans, on how she came to compete at two separate sports at the Manchester games in 2002.

Rugby

Evans made her debut for Wales against Scotland in 1996, going on to play 87 times for her country, competing in the 1998 and 2010 World Cups. In the 2009 Women's Six Nations Championship, Evans played a pivotal role in Wales' first win against England, kicking a last minute penalty to win the match by a single point.

Although her preferred position was fullback, Evans wide range of skills saw her play in positions across the back line, she has also represented Wales in touch rugby and rugby sevens. Evans became both a prolific try scorer and goal kicker for the national team, scoring 64 International tries and kicking a further 169 points. As such Evans holds the record for most international tries for Wales in either men's and women's rugby, as well as being the world's leading points scorer and leading try scorer in Women's international rugby. She is a Welsh speaker. Evans was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to sport, the first female rugby player to receive the award. In 2003, Evans married former Wales and Llanelli RFC rugby union flanker Mark Perego. In 2020, Evans came out as gay in a post on Twitter. In 2020 she was sentenced for making hoax 999 calls