1. Grant Jackson Fisher was born on April 22,1997 and is an American middle- and long-distance runner who is the world record holder in the short track 3000 m and 5000 m Fisher holds American records in the 3000 m, two mile, 5000 m and 10,000 m events.
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Fisher won bronze medals in the 5000 m and 10,000 m, becoming the first American to medal in both events at an Olympic Games.
Grant Fisher competed for Stanford University from 2015 to 2019, where he was a 12-time All-American.
Grant Fisher was born in Calgary, Alberta, on April 22,1997, to Dan and Sonia Fisher.
Grant Fisher has an older sister, Hailey, and a younger brother, Mark.
Grant Fisher grew up in Grand Blanc, Michigan and attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
Grant Fisher began playing the sport when he was four years old and in high school was a member of the Michigan Wolves, an elite level club team.
When he became a freshman in high school, Grant Fisher joined both the soccer and cross country teams, where he made varsity for both.
Grant Fisher then went on to the Foot Locker Nationals, which he won as well.
The fall of his senior year, Grant Fisher ran a 14:43.00 to win the Portage Invitational and a 15:03 to win 2014 Foot Locker Nationals.
In Spring of 2015, Grant Fisher became the 7th high school athlete to break 4 minutes in the mile, tying Matthew Maton's time of 3:59.38.
Grant Fisher competed four times in the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, improving from a 17th place finish his freshman year to second place his senior year.
Grant Fisher recorded top finishes in the 5000 m at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Grant Fisher was sixth as a freshman in 13:30.13, a time that qualified the 19-year-old for the 2016 United States Olympic trials.
Grant Fisher achieved runner up finishes at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Grant Fisher placed 4th in the 3000m at the Boston University Last Chance Invitational on February 27,2020.
Grant Fisher's time of 7:39.99 was a PR for the distance and his first time under 7:40.
Grant Fisher was part of the team who broke the American Record in 14:34.97.
Grant Fisher began 2021 with a series of personal bests, starting with a 7:37.21 in the 3000 m at the Prickly Pear Invitational on February 6.
Grant Fisher finished second in the 10000 m, in a tightly contested race against Woody Kincaid and Joe Klecker.
At the Games, Grant Fisher finished fifth in the 10000 m in 27:46.39.
Grant Fisher returned to the track to finish ninth in the 5000 m in 13:08.40.
In 2022, Grant Fisher set four North American records and became the first American to run the 5000 m in under 12:50 and the 10000 m in under 26:40.
Grant Fisher's time surpassed the previous record of 13:01.26 held by Galen Rupp.
On May 27, Grant Fisher placed second in 10000 m at the 2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships behind Joe Klecker in 28:28.80.
Grant Fisher competed in the 10000m at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on July 6 in a bid to qualify for the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
Grant Fisher did not finish in the top three, as needed to qualify for Worlds, fading to fourth on the final lap.
An MRI after the race revealed an injury to his femur, and he scratched from the 5000 m While recouping from his injury, Fisher engaged in cross-training to maintain his fitness.
Grant Fisher finished third in 7:25.47, behind Yomif Kejelcha and Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
Grant Fisher's time bettered his own American record by three seconds and was the eighth-fastest time ever run in the event.
Grant Fisher later announced in early 2024 that he had relocated to Park City, Utah, and was being trained by his high school coach, Mike Scannell.
On February 11,2024, Grant Fisher set an American record in the indoor 2-mile of 8:03.62 at the Millrose Games.
Grant Fisher's time bested the previous record of 8:07.41 held by Galen Rupp, and he finished second behind Scotsman Josh Kerr, who set a world best.
At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in the 10,000 metres final, Grant Fisher secured a bronze medal in a time of 26:43.46, being just outleaned by Ethiopia's Berihu Aregawi, the silver medalist in 26:43.44, while Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei won gold in a new Olympic record of 26:43.14.
Grant Fisher is the first American Olympic medalist in the event since Galen Rupp at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.