Olivia Baker (runner)

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Olivia Baker
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Olivia Baker at 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1996-06-12) June 12, 1996 (age 28)
Home town South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight110 lb (50 kg)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event 800 metres
College teamStanford University
ClubAtlanta Track Club
Achievements and titles
World finals2022
800 m,
Personal bests

Olivia Baker (born June 12, 1996) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 meters. [1] Raised in South Orange, New Jersey, Baker attended Columbia High School, Baker graduated from Stanford University. [1]

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High School career

Baker was a stand out athlete at Columbia High School. During her time there she never lost a 400 to anyone from New Jersey and won 13 state titles. She also anchored Columbia to a state 4x400 record of 3:40.36 and ran on the sprint medley relay that recorded the No. 2 U.S. high school time ever. In 2013, she became the first to win four events the same year at the New Jersey Meet of Champions, capturing state titles in the 100, 200, 400, and anchoring the 4x400. That same season she also won the 2013 New Balance Outdoor Nationals title in the 400. She was a two-time New Jersey Gatorade Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year. [1]

While in high school Baker also got to compete for the United States. At the 2013 World U18 Championships she finished 2nd in the 400m and was on the winning Medley relay team. At the 2014 World U20 Championships she finished 3rd in the 400m and was part of the winning 4 × 400 m relay team. [2]

Collegiate career

Baker ran at Stanford and was a 11-Time All-American, the 2016 Pac-12 400 champion, and the 2016 West Region Track Athlete of Year. [1] In 2015 she was on the winning 4 × 400 m team at the Pan Am U20 Championships.

Professional career

Baker runs for the Atlanta Track Club where she also works as the coordinator for marketing and membership engagement. [3] In May 2019 she was in the winning mixed 4 × 400 m team at the IAAF World Relays. [4] In 2022 she ran the 800m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Achievements

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2022 2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, Oregon 5th800 m1:58.63
2022 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia H1 6th800 m2:02.35
2022 2022 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Spokane, Washington 2nd800 m2:02.14
2021 United States Olympic trials Eugene, Oregon 28th800 m2:03.33 [5]
2020 2020 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Albuquerque, New Mexico 4th800 m2:03.56
2019 2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, Oregon 4th800 m2:00.94
2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Staten Island, New York 3rd600 m1:26.93
2018 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Des Moines, Iowa 6th800 m2:00.08
2017 United States World trials Sacramento, California 18th800 m2:05.41
2016 United States Olympic trials Eugene, Oregon 10th800 m2:01.87
2015 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships Eugene, Oregon 3rd400 m53.28
2014 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships Eugene, Oregon 2nd400 m52.46
New Balance Nationals Outdoor Greensboro, North Carolina 1st800 m2:06.01
20132013 United States World Youth Trials (track and field) Edwardsville, Illinois 6th800 m2:20.85
1st400 m54.41
New Balance Nationals Outdoor Greensboro, North Carolina 1st4x400 m3:40.36
1st4x800 m9:01.12
New Balance Indoor Nationals New York City 1st4x400 m3:42.03
2012 New Balance Nationals Outdoor Greensboro, North Carolina 3rd400 m54.83
New Balance Indoor Nationals New York City 2nd400 m54.61
24th4x200 m1:48.10
2011 New Balance Nationals Outdoor Greensboro, North Carolina 4thSprint Medley Relay
200-200-400-800 m
4:02.36
4thSprint Medley Relay
100-100-200-400 m
1:45.60
8th4x200 m1:40.15
8th400 m55.13
New Balance Indoor Nationals [6] New York City 10th400 m56.35
4th4x200 m1:39.37
2010 New Balance Indoor Nationals New York City 1st400 m57.01

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