Grace Stark

thumb 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. Quotes Yeah, and you know, I wanted to break into the 12.2s. I felt like it was something coming and something that we’ve been training for. I try to just focus on myself. There are so many talented girls, so it’s hard to just focus on one person. So I just try and focus on myself, and you know, it worked today. Yeah, you know, I’m just super excited. I have a lot of people here for me, and I wanted to make them proud. I wanted to stay more poised and composed from last week, so yeah, I just wanted to finish the race strong. I have Monaco before that, so I want to focus on Monaco and then take my time and work on USAs. You know, just taking it one race at a time and focusing on myself, "Olympian Grace Stark Opens Up After Defeating 3x Diamond League Champion in Paris: 'It’s Hard', Jun 21, 2025 You obviously know what you’re doing, but it is a bit of a blur, at least for me. Those hurdles are not moving, and the faster you run, the faster you come up on them… For me to have my best results, I need to focus on myself, not my competitors, and stay composed I wanted to be as good, or better, than I had been before the injury. Winning the NCAA title indoors would have completed the comeback, But I think getting second place gave me a lot of fire for the outdoor season. But with everything I had gone through, and after some reflecting an hour or two later, I had to admit that I had not seen myself finishing fifth in the Olympic Games when I started the season… I was able to get out of that slump and really relish the moment. "Stark looks forward after bouncing back", Mar 21, 2025 External links Category:Track and field athletes Category:Sportspeople from Florida Category:Living people Category:2001 births Category:Women from the United States Category:Women born in the 2000s