Steven Solomon
Australian sprinter (born 1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Steven Solomon (born 16 May 1993) is an Australian Olympic sprinter. He is a six-time defending Australian 400 metres champion.
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Born | (1993-05-16) 16 May 1993 (age 31) Vaucluse, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Duke Blue Devils Stanford Cardinal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Randwick Botany Harriers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Iryna Dvoskina (in Australia); PattiSue Plumer (at Stanford)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 2012 Summer Olympics in London, 400m, placed eighth. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World finals | 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships, 400m, bronze medal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National finals | Five-time defending Australian 400 metres champion. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 400 m: 44.94 (Tokyo 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2011, he broke the 30-year-old national junior record in the 400m. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London at the age of 19, Solomon competed in the finals of the men's 400m race, placing eighth with a time of 45.14 after running a time of 44.97 in the semifinals. He was the first Australian man in 24 years to reach the 400m Olympic final, and became the first Australian since Cathy Freeman to make the final of the 400m at the Olympic Games for Australia. At the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships he won a bronze medal.
At the 2013 Maccabiah Games, Solomon won a silver medal in the 400m race. At Stanford in 2013, he established a new freshman record in the 400m. In 2014, he set a new Stanford record in the outdoor 400m with a time of 45.36, and ran a 500m in 1:01.44 (the third-fastest time in the world to that point).