Who is Abby Steiner? Everything to know about the NCAA record holder who won two World Championship golds.
Abby Steiner is an American sprinter and represents the nation in 4×400 m relay, 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters events. The 24-year-old athlete was born in Dublin, Ohio, on November 24, 1999.
She started her career by playing football and represented Ohio Premier SC and Dublin Coffman Shamrocks in her early playing days.
During her college, she represented the Kentucky Wildcats and scored two goals from 19 appearances.
Abby Steiner focused only on soccer initially and started playing track and field events only in the eighth grade.
She represented the Dublin Coffman High School in both sports.The athlete has won 16 state individual championships and holds four state high school records in track. She pursued her graduation at the University of Kentucky and was a dual-sport scholarship athlete.
She last represented her college soccer team in 2018 and decided to quit to sport to focus on track and field events.
Abby has won a couple of gold medals in the World Championships representing the United States. Her medals came in the 4 × 100 m relay and 4 x 400 m relay events during the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene.
The Dublin-born athlete also competed in the 200m event at the 2022 World Championships. She missed out on a medal as she finished fifth in the race with a time of 22.26 seconds.
