Steven Solomon
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1993-05-16) 16 May 1993 (age 19)
Vaucluse, New South Wales
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 73 kg (160 lb)
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) 400 metres
College team Stanford Cardinal
Club Randwick Botany Harriers
Coached by Fira Dvoskina
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 400 m: 44.97 (London 2012)
Medal record[hide]Men's athletics
Competitor for Australia
World Junior Championships
Bronze 2012 Barcelona 400 m
Steven Solomon (born 16 May 1993) is an Australian sprinter. He is a two-time defending Australian 400 metres champion. Solomon attended Cranbrook School, Sydney.
After breaking the 30-year old national junior record in the 400 metres in 2011, Solomon was part of the Australian squad in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.[1]
Solomon, who is Jewish, plans to follow his father Michael Solomon into medicine after accepting an athletic scholarship at Stanford University after the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]
[edit] See alsoList of select Jewish track and field athletes
[edit] References^ http://www.maccabi.com.au/News/209/Steven-Solomon-qualifies-for-World-Track-and-Field-championships.cfm
^ Global stars will light up London Olympics
[edit] External linksIAAF profile for Steven Solomon
Randwick Botany Harriers bio
[hide]v t e Australian National Champions in Men's 400 m
1966 – 1967: Gary Eddy 1968: Jim Kemp (USA) 1969: Bill Hooker 1970 – 1971: Ross Wilson 1972: Wayne Collett (USA) 1973: Graeme Wright 1974 – 1975: Steve Gee 1976 – 1977: Rick Mitchell 1978: John Higham 1979: Colin McQueen 1980: Rick Mitchell 1981: Mike Willis 1982 – 1983: Gary Minihan 1984: Bruce Frayne 1985: Miles Murphy 1986: Darren Clark 1987 – 1988: Miles Murphy 1989 – 1990: Darren Clark 1991: Paul Greene 1992: Mark Garner 1993: Darren Clark 1994: Brett Callaghan 1995: Paul Greene 1996: Jamie Baulch (GBR) 1997: Brad Jamieson 1998: Declan Stack 1999: Brad Jamieson 2000: Patrick Dwyer 2001: John Gamble 2002 – 2004: Clinton Hill 2005: Ben Offereins 2006: John Steffensen 2007: Sean Wroe 2008: Joel Milburn 2009: Sean Wroe 2010: Ben Offereins 2011 – 2012: Steven Solomon
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