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(Top) 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Statistics 3.1 Personal bests 3.2 International competitions 3.3 400 m circuit wins 4 References 5 External links

Steven Gardiner

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Steven Gardiner

Gardiner at the 2019 World Championships

Personal information

Nationality

Bahamian

Born

12 September 1995 (age 28)^[1]
Central Abaco, Abaco Islands, Bahamas

Height

1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)^[1]

Weight

94 kg (207 lb)^[1]

Sport

Country

Bahamas

Sport

Track and field

Event

Sprints

Coached by

Gary Evans

Achievements and titles

Highest world ranking

1 (weeks 36)

Personal bests

200 m: 19.75 NR (2018)

300 m: 31.52 NR (2022)

300 m (Indoor): 31.56 WR (2022)

400 m: 43.48 NR (2019)

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing Bahamas
Olympic Games
	2020 Tokyo	400 m
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	4×400 m relay
World Championships
	2019 Doha	400 m
	2017 London	400 m
World Relays
	2017 Nassau	4×400 m relay mixed
	2015 Nassau	4×400 m relay
CARIFTA Games (Junior)
	2014 Fort-de-France	4×100 m relay
	2014 Fort-de-France	4×400 m relay

Steven Gardiner (born 12 September 1995) is a Bahamian track and field sprinter competing in the 400 metres and 200 metres. He is the 2020 Olympic and 2019 world champion in the 400 m, and also won the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in that event.^[2] His winning time of 43.48 s from the 2019 World Championships is the Bahamian record and makes him the sixth-fastest man in the history of the event.^[3] Gardiner also owns the Bahamian records in the outdoor 300 m and 200 m, with times of 31.83 s and 19.75 s respectively, and the world best in the indoor 300 m at 31.56 s.

Early life[edit]

Gardiner was born in Murphy Town, Central Abaco, in the Bahamas.^[4] During his teenage years Gardiner was a competitive volleyball player, but also ran track and field. Gardiner wanted to transition to track and field in the shorter sprints, but his high school coach said he was too tall, so he became a 400 m runner.^[5] He went to Moores Island All-Age School, where he was a part of the Exterminators Track and Field Club, Coached by Pastor Anthony Williams. Moore's Island is a small island off the coast of mainland Abaco Islands. ^[6] ^[7]

Career[edit]

Gardiner competed in the sport in his teenage years and ran in the 400 m at the national championships in 2013. He entered three events at the 2014 CARIFTA Games: he only managed fourth in the individual 200 m but claimed a silver in the 4 × 100 m relay and a bronze in the 4 × 400 m relay.^[8] He marked himself as one of the Bahamas' top young athletes with a win at the Bahamian junior championships in June of that year.^[9] An appearance at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics resulted in a semi-final run in the 200 m and a sixth-place finish in the 4 × 400 m.^[10]

His first senior medal came at the 2015 IAAF World Relays, held on home turf, where he gave American competitor Jeremy Wariner a close run in the 4 × 400 m relay, helping the Bahamas to the silver medal alongside Ramon Miller, Michael Mathieu and Chris Brown.^[11] He began to focus on the 400 m in the 2015 season, which proved a successful transition. He rapidly improved to become the youngest Bahamian ever, at 19 years old, to run the distance in under 45 seconds and moved up to fourth on the Bahamian all-time list with a best of 44.64 seconds. He set the time at the Bislett Games, which brought him victory on his debut on the IAAF Diamond League circuit, finishing ahead of Matthew Hudson-Smith and Pavel Maslák.^[12]^[13]

In 2019 he won the 400 m at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, finishing ahead of American favorite Fred Kerley in a national record of 43.48 s, which also made him the sixth fastest man in history after the race.^[2]

He won the 400m dash at the 2020 Olympic Games in a time of 43.85. This was the joint fastest time in the world for the 2021 season.^[14]

In January 2022, he ran the fastest indoor 300m of all time with a time of 31.56.^[15] He was unable to defend his World Championship 400m title due to injury.

Statistics[edit]

All information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.^[16]

Personal bests[edit]

Event	Time	Venue	Date	Notes
200 m	19.75	Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.	7 April 2018	(+0.3 m/s wind) NR
300 m	31.56	Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.	28 January 2022	WR
400 m	43.48	Doha, Qatar	4 October 2019	NR
4×400 m relay	2:58.49	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	20 August 2016

International competitions[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Bahamas
2014	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	4th	200 m	20.87 (+1.3 m/s wind)
			2nd	4×100 m relay	40.35
			3rd	4×400 m relay	3:11.32
	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	12th (sf)	200 m	20.89 (+1.8 m/s wind)
	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	6th	4×400 m relay	3:08.08
2015	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	4×400 m relay	2:58.91
	World Championships	Beijing, China	16th (sf)	400 m	44.98
	World Championships	Beijing, China	DQ	4×400 m relay	Lane violation^[17]
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11th (sf)	400 m	44.72
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	3rd	4×400 m relay	2:58.49
2017	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	9th (sf)	4×400 m relay	3:05.37
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	4×400 m relay mixed	3:14.42
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	2nd	400 m	44.41
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	1st	400 m	43.48 NR
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	1st	400 m	43.85
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd (h)	400 m	44.65¹

¹Did not finish in the semifinals

400 m circuit wins[edit]

Diamond League
- Oslo: 2015
- Doha: 2017, 2018, 2024
- Stockholm: 2017
- Shanghai: 2018
- Monaco: 2019
- Paris: 2022
- Rabat: 2023

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Steven Gardiner". Olympedia.org. OlyMADmen. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

^ ^a ^b Homewood, Brian (4 October 2019). "Gardiner powers away to win dramatic 400 meters". Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

^ "Toplists - All time Top lists - Senior Outdoor - 400 Metres Men". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

^ Stubbs, Brent (20 April 2015). Steven Gardiner Clocks Personal Best In 400m To Qualify For Iaaf Worlds Archived 2 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Tribune 242. Retrieved on 14 June 2015.

^ "Getting to Know Steven Gardiner." Youtube, IAAF Diamond League, 11 May 2018, Getting to know Steven Gardiner Archived 9 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine.

^ "Quarter-Miler Steven Gardiner Was A Misap Member". The Tribune 242. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

^ "Coach Williams Celebrates 16 Years of Pastoral Ministry in Moore's Island". Bahamas Weekly. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

^ Steven Gardiner Archived 19 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 14 June 2015.

^ Moss, Cheroyln (2 July 2014). Steven Gardiner – From Junior to Pro Archived 2 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Bahamas Athletics. Retrieved on 14 June 2015.

^ Steven Gardiner Honours Archived 2 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 14 June 2015.

^ Minshull, Phil (4 May 2015). Men's 4x400m – IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 Archived 7 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 14 June 2015.

^ Stubbs, Brent (12 June 2015). Gardiner 'Boy Wonder' Archived 2 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Tribune 242. Retrieved on 14 June 2015.

^ Rowbottom, Mike (11 June 2015). Zhang upsets the high jump favourites in Oslo – IAAF Diamond League Archived 14 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 14 June 2015.

^ "Gold for Gardiner as Bahamian makes history in Olympic 400m". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

^ "Gardiner breaks world indoor 300m best in Columbia". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

^ "ATHLETE PROFILE Steven GARDINER". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.

^ "男子4 x 400接力赛 / 4 x 400 Metres Relay Men - Round 1" (PDF). IAAF. 29 August 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2021.