steven gardiner

Superb athlete Steven Gardiner is a professional track and field sprinter, who competes in the 400 metres and the 200 metres. He is an Olympic Gold medalist, and a World Champion in the 400 metres. He also holds the world record for the indoor 300 metres at 31.56.

Born and raised in the Bahamas, Gardiner was a competitive volleyball player during his High School years, and eventually switched to track and field, being encouraged, due to his height, to take up 400 metre running. He started competing in the national championships in 2013, and the following year at the CARIFTA Games (Junior) he won a Bronze in the 4x 400m relay and a Silver in the 4x100m relay. He entered the 2015 World Relays and won Silver in the 4x 400m relay, and in 2016 at the Rio Olympics he won Bronze in the 4x 400m relay. He picked up his first Gold medal at the 2017 World Relays in the 4x 400m relay mixed, and his first individual Silver at the 2017 World Championships in the 400m. He claimed his first individual Gold at the 2019 World Championships in the 400m, and then claimed an Olympic Gold in the same event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Gardiner regularly connects with his legions of followers and fans through Instagram, and Twitter, posting pictures and videos of his life around track and field.