Ángela Indira Evans (born 21 July 1993) is a Panamanian

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who plays as a

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for Irish Women's National League club Kilkenny United WFC and the Panama women's national team. Considered one of the best athletes in Panama, she is the only athlete who has represented Panama on three different national teams. Evans is a native of

San Miguelito District San Miguelito is a city and Districts of Panama, district (''distrito'') of Panamá Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 Panamanian census, 2000 census was 293,745; the latest official estimate (for 2019) is 375,409.Instituto N ...

and her father, Angelo Evans, was a

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for the

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. She has also represented the Panama women's national volleyball team She was also the best blocker in Central America and led the national flag football team to a gold medal at the 2016

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, where she earned MVP honors, followed by a silver in 2018. Evans later won a bronze medal with the team at the

2022 World Games The 2022 World Games, commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. They were the 11th World Games, a multi-sport event featuring disciplines ...

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1993 births Living people 21st-century Panamanian sportswomen Flag football players Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2022 World Games Panamanian women's footballers Panama women's international footballers Pan American Games competitors for Panama Sportspeople from Panamá Province Women's association football forwards World Games bronze medalists {{Panama-women-footy-bio-stub

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