Steven Solomon
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Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Vaucluse, New South Wales | 16 May 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
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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Steven Solomon (born 16 May 1993) is an Australian Olympic sprinter. He is a six-time defending Australian 400 metres champion.
In 2011, he broke the 30-year-old national
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).
Early life
Solomon was born in the
Solomon was raised in
Career
Solomon first began formal track training in 2009, and that year he won the Under-17 All-Schools Championship in the
After breaking the 30-year-old national
At the
Solomon competed for Australia again as captain of the junior soccer team at the
In 2014, he set a new Stanford record in the outdoor 400m while winning the Australian national championship, running 45.36, and also finished second at the
Solomon just missed the qualifying time to represent Australia at the
In April 2017, he won a record-tying fifth Australian National Championship in the 400m, in a time of 46.66 in wet conditions.[9][8][19] At the June 2017 TrackTown Summer Series 400m race he ran a time of 45.19, his fastest race since the 2012 Olympic final, thereby qualifying for the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London.[9][1]
As a graduate student at Duke University in 2017–18, he is finishing his final year of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletic eligibility with the Duke Blue Devils track & field team.[9] In January and February 2018 he set new personal records in (i) the indoor 800m, with a time of 1:52.09; (ii) the indoor 400m with a time of 45.44 (also a new Australian indoor record, a new all-time Duke University indoor record, and the ACC record); and (iii) in the 600m with a time of 1:17.49 (breaking the Duke record).[21][22][23] He finished the season as first team All-ACC, and a second team All-American.[24][22]
Solomon competed at the 2018 Commonweath Games, making the final of the 400m.
At age 26, he was an Australian Athletics Team co-captain,[25] stating at the end of 2019 that he was aiming to medal at the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[25][26] After the Olympics were postponed, he maintained competitive training[27] with his coach Penny Gillies, a former 100m Olympic hurdler.[28]
Solomon competed in the 400m at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in early August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, setting a PB of 44.94 in his heat in making the semi-finals wherein he finished fourth in his heat in 45.15 (13th overall in the semifinal times). He also competed in the 400m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in July at the Hayward Field in Eugene, USA but didn't advance from the heats.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Australia | |||||
2010 | Oceania Youth Championships | Sydney, Australia | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:20.10 |
World Junior Championships | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
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11th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:11.19 | |
2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd | 400m | 45.52 |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 8th | 400m | 45.14 | |
2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia
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8th | 4 x 400m relay | 3:02.26 |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom
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38th (h) | 400 m | 46.27 |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 7th | 400 m | 45.64 |
– | 4 × 400 m relay | DQ | |||
2019 | World Relays | Yokohama, Japan
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7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.59 |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar
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20th (sf) | 400 m | 45.54 | |
14th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.49 | |||
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan
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13th (sf) | 400 m | 45.15 |
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 36th (h) | 400 m | 46.87 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c [1], The Australian.
- ^ "Solomon wins bronze," J-Wire.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Steven Solomon - 2012-13 Track and Field Roster," GoStanford.com.
- ^ "Global stars will light up London Olympics". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ a b c Goldberg, Dan (30 July 2012). "Australia's Steven Solomon takes fast track to Olympics". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ a b c "London Olympics: Australia's Steven Solomon takes fast track to Olympics," AZ Jewish Post.
- ^ a b c d e About Me — Steven Solomon
- ^ a b "Solomon secures spot at world championships", The Australian Jewish News.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Duke Signs Olympic 400m Finalist Steven Solomon," GoDuke.com.
- ^ a b "The wonderful sprinter of Oz," Haaretz.
- ^ a b David Weiner (5 July 2013). "Maccabiah 2013: Steven Solomon". J-Wire. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ "Steven Solomon qualifies for World Track and Field championships". Maccabi Australia. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ "Steven Solomon qualifies for 400 metres final," Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ a b "Solomon named NSW's top athlete," The Australian Jewish News.
- ^ "Maccabiah athletes reach their moment of truth," The Times of Israel.
- ^ "Solomon, Israelis on show at world champs"
- ^ "MAI awards top sports stars"
- ^ "The agony and the ecstasy"
- ^ a b "Fifth national title for studious Solomon"
- ^ "A different track: Steve Solomon finds his way to Rio 2016," Stanford Daily.
- ^ Steven SOLOMON | Profile | iaaf.org
- ^ a b "Solomon's sizzling time ahead of Games".
- ^ Sprinters and jumpers lead Duke track and field into ACC indoor championships - The Chronicle
- ^ Solomon Represents Duke in the 400m at NCAAs - Duke University Blue Devils | Official Athletics Site - GoDuke.com
- ^ a b Desiatnik, Shane (10 October 2019). "Jewish Aussie duo impress in Doha heat". timesofisrael.com. The Australian Jewish News.
- ^ Salvado, John (2 October 2019). "Solomon still dreaming of Olympic medal". 7news.com. 7News.
- ^ Desiatnik, Shane (27 July 2020). "Solomon's super plan". timesofisrael.com. The Australian Jewish News.
- ^ Zeffertt, Rosalind (17 April 2020). "It's all change for running man Solomon". thejc.com. The JC.