Trevor Stewart | |
Birth Name: | Trevor Stewart |
Sport: | Track and Field |
Event: | 400 metres |
Birth Date: | 20 May 1997 |
Birth Place: | Lorton, Virginia, U.S. |
Trevor Stewart (born May 20, 1997) is an American Olympic athlete. He won a gold medal in the men's 4x400 metres relay and a bronze medal in the mixed 4x400 metres relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
He attended South County High School in Lorton, Virginia.[1] As a student at North Carolina A&T State University, Stewart was coached by Duane Ross. Stewart finished second at the 2019 NCAA 400m race in Austin, Texas behind Kahmari Montgomery from the University of Houston, Stewart ran a personal best time of 44.25. It was the 7th fastest man by a man that year in the 400 metres.[2]
At the 2021 NCAA 400m at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon in Eugene, he ran a 44.96, placing fourth behind Noah Williams, Bryce Deadmon and Randolph Ross.[3]
On June 19, 2021, he qualified for the final of the US Olympic Trials 400m race, running the fastest time of 44:75 in the heats,[4] and fifth fastest in the semifinal.[5] In the final he finished fourth in 44.90 to qualify for the relay pool at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[6] He ran in the final of the Mixed 4x400 metres relay, winning a bronze medal.
Stewart has been an asthmatic since childhood.[7]