Trevor
Barron

Olympian 2012

Athlete Bio#

Height

6'3” Weight: 160 Current Residence:

Age

Hometown

Bethel Park

Track & Field
Race Walk
6'3”
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
Colorado College

Olympic Experience

1-time Olympian;

Olympic Games London 2012, 26th (20km Walk - Men)

Career Highlights

2012 Olympic Trials 20,000m race walk champion
2012 USA Indoors 3000m walk champion
2011 USA Outdoors 20 km race walk champion
American 20,000m record holder
2010 USATF Youth Athlete of the Year

Fun Facts: He began race walking at age 9, looking to find a way to join his sister Tricia who was a skilled hurdler and jumper, at the USATF National Junior Olympics ... Two weeks after breaking the national youth boys record in 2006, Barron entered the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh for brain surgery to curb epileptic seizures that had plagued him since age 8 and had interrupted his promising career as a competitive swimmer ... Barron is the fastest junior race walker in U.S. history, holding national records at distances from one mile to 20 kilometers

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