Ros Evans (née Coats, 17 January 1950[1] – 31 August 2024) was a British athlete who competed in fell running, orienteering, ski-orienteering and cross-country skiing.
In order to improve her fitness for these activities, she began running in 1976 while at Jordanhill College where she underwent teacher training.
[2] As a runner, Evans won the British Fell Running Championships in 1979 and 1981,[3] and in 1979, she set a ladies’ record for the Bob Graham Round with a time of 20:31.
[6] She still holds the female record for the Cow Hill Race from Fort William.
[9] She was a winner of the navigational Lake District Mountain Trial and, together with Anne-Marie Grindley, was in the first female team to complete the elite course of the Karrimor International Mountain Marathon.