Jason Stewart

Who is Jason Stewart?

Jason Stewart is a New Zealand middle distance runner.

Junior years:

Stewart is the national junior record holder for New Zealand running a time of 1min48.73 seconds in Papakura, Auckland on the 26th of January 2000. He later went on to finish in 7th position at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Santiago Chile the same year.

Senior achievements:

In 2004 Stewart ran a time of 1min46.28 seconds in Kassel, Germany to qualify for the XXVIII Olympiad. He competed in the 3rd heat of the 800 meters heats and finished 5th running a personal best 1min46.24 seconds. This time was the 18th fastest in the qualifiers out of 72 entered athletes but he missed qualification for the semi-finals by 0.34 seconds due to qualification rules.

In 2005 Stewart again represented New Zealand at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Stewart finished 4th in his heat behind reigning Olympic Champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy, reigning World Champion Djabir Saïd-Guerni and reigning African Champion William Yiampoy, 0.21 seconds separating the first four. Unfortunately he also just failed to qualify for the semi-final round. 2005 was Stewart's best year in Europe running a series of sub 1.47 races and winning the IAAF GPII 800 meters race in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium