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Grace Stark (born May 6, 2001) is an American hurdler. She won the bronze medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Championships, having been fifth at the 2024 Paris Olympics and over 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
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Biography
[edit]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] Stark won the gold medal in the 100m hurdles at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4] She was given the honour of being the Team USA flag bearer for the closing ceremony due to her performance.[5]
Stark attended the University of Florida.[6] She 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.[7] This time equalled the collegiate record set by Brianna Rollins in 2013.[8] She missed competition time due to a broken leg sustained at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 2022.[9]
2024: Unbeaten NCAA season, Olympic finalist
[edit]Stark went undefeated competing outdoors in the 2024 college season.[10] This culminated with the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor 100m hurdles title in June 2024 in Eugene, Oregon.[11] That month, she qualified for the final of the US Olympic Trials, finishing third overall in a personal best time of 12.31 seconds.[12][13] She competed in the 100m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, reaching the final, where she placed fifth overall with a time of 12.43 seconds.[14]
2025: World Championships medalist
[edit]Stark was runner-up to Masai Russell in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in February 2025. Selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March, Stark qualified for the semi-finals with a personal best 7.73 seconds, and for the final with an improvement to 7.72 seconds. The final was a close race and she placed fifth overall in 7.74 seconds, as the top six were separated by only 0.04 seconds.[15][16][17]
Stark began her 2025 outdoor season with a win over 100 metres hurdles at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida.[18] She was runner-up in the 100m hurdles at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025.[19] Stark secured a victory in the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League, clocking a meet record time of 12.42 seconds.[20] She also set a new meeting record to win the 100 metres hurdles at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event in Stockholm, part of the 2025 Diamond League, running 12.33 seconds.[21] She set a personal best and moved to sixth on the world all-time list with a win over 100m hurdles in the Diamond League at the 2025 Meeting de Paris in 12.21 seconds, on 20 June 2025.[22]
On 2 August, she placed second in the final of the 100 metres hurdles at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[23] She placed third in the 100 metres hurdles at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.[24] She was selected for the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she won the bronze medal with a time of 12.34 seconds in the final.[25][26]
2026
[edit]Stark opened her 2026 season with a win in 7.86 seconds competing indoors over 60 metres hurdles in Karlsruhe, Germany.[27]
Competition results
[edit]International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Youth Olympic Games | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1st | 100 m hurdles (76.2cm) | 26.141 |
| 2024 | Olympic Games[28] | Paris, France | 5th | 100 m hurdles | 12.43 |
| 2025 | World Indoor Championships | Nanjing, China | 5th | 60 m hurdles | 7.74 |
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | 100 m hurdles | 12.34 |
1 Cumulative time from both rounds
References
[edit]- ^ "Grace Stark". World Athletics. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ "Lakeland's Grace Stark on winning 100 hurdles, 100 dash". Detroit News. June 3, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ "Grace Stark is state's best 100m hurdler ever, a 'once in a lifetime' talent". mlive. April 26, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ Hollobaugh, Jeff (October 2018). "Youth Olympic Games — Grace Stark Wins The Only U.S. Gold". Track & Field News. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
- ^ "STARK YOG GOLD EARNS HER USATF ATHLETE OF THE WEEK". USATF. October 17, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
- ^ "10 way-too-early women's Bowerman frontrunners for the 2024 track and field season". ncaa.com. January 23, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ "Ross attacks world record, Steiner and Stark secure NCAA indoor success". World Athletics. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ Becton, Stan (March 12, 2022). "Watch: Florida's Grace Stark ties NCAA women's 60 meter hurdle record". NCAA.COM. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ Mull, Cory (May 12, 2024). "It's Grace Stark Season. The Florida Gator Re-Sets NCAA Lead At SECs". Flotrack. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ "2024 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS — TRACK & FIELD EVENT-BY-EVENT PREVIEW". usatf. June 21, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ "Valby, Stark-led Florida 2nd At NCAA Women Outdoor Track & Field Championships". wruf. June 9, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Olympic Track And Field Trials Results Day 7". Flotrack. June 29, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ Mowery, Matthew (June 30, 2024). "Lakeland grad Grace Stark earns Olympic berth with third-place finish in 100 hurdles". Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- ^ "Women's 100m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. August 10, 2024. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
- ^ Hall, Dan (March 14, 2025). "USATF Announces 56 Athletes For Team USA At 2025 World Indoor Championships". Flotrack. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
- ^ "Defending champ Charlton, Nugent sparkle as five Caribbean women through to 60m hurdles semis". SportsMax. March 22, 2025. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ^ "Charlton retains 60m hurdles title in race of record depth in Nanjing". World Athletics. March 23, 2025. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ^ "Alfred storms to 21.88 200m season opener in Gainesville". World Athletics. April 19, 2025. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
- ^ "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. April 26, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
- ^ "Stark, Tinch, and Allman Lead U.S. Charge at Shanghai Diamond League". May 3, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ^ "Duplantis breaks world pole vault record with 6.28m in Stockholm". World Athletics. June 15, 2025. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
- ^ "Diamond League Paris 2025: Azeddine Habz delights at home as Olympic champions shine". Olympics.com. June 20, 2025. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (August 2, 2025). "USATF Outdoor Champs: Masai Russell, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone win; men's 1500m stunner". nbcsports.com. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
- ^ Collett, Jasmine (August 28, 2025). "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ^ "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2025 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Dyestat. September 2, 2025. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. September 15, 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
- ^ "Hunter Bell clocks world-leading 1500m in Karlsruhe as Mahuchikh clears 2.01m". World Athletics. February 8, 2026. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
- ^ "Women's 100m Hurdles - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. August 10, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Grace Stark at World Athletics
- Grace Stark at www.USATF.org
- Grace Stark at Team USA
- Grace Elizabeth Stark at Olympics.com
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