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Grace Stark (born May 6, 2001) is an American hurdler.[1]
![]() Stark at the 2018 Youth Summer Olympics | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | May 6, 2001 |
Home town | White Lake, Michigan, U.S. |
Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hurdles |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 60m hurdles: 7.78 (Birmingham, 2022) 100m hurdles: 12.31 (Eugene, 2024) |
From White Lake, Michigan, she attended Lakeland High School. As a junior in 2018, she won MHSAA Division 1 state championship titles over 100 metres and 100 metres hurdles. In the hurdles she ran the fastest time ever recorded by a Michigan high school athlete.[2][3] She attended the University of Florida.[4]
Stark won the NCAA Indoor 60m hurdles title in 2022, having run a personal best 7.83 seconds in the heats and lowering it to 7.78 in the final.[5] This time equalled the collegiate record set by Brianna Rollins in 2013.[6] She missed competition time due to a broken leg sustained at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 2022.[7]
Stark went undefeated competing outdoors in the college season in 2024,[8] culminating with the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor 100m hurdles title in June 2024.[9] That month, she qualified for the final of the US Olympic Trials.[10] In the final, she finished third in a personal best time of 12.31 seconds to earn a place on the US team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[11]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result |
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2024 | Summer Olympics[12] | Paris, France | 5th | 100 m hurdles | 12.43 |
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