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Athletics  |  Honors  |  Service and Affiliations

Achievements and Honors
Collaborative Sponsorship - the team behind Robyn Steven

2025 - 1996   Carolyn & Robert Stevens, 2016  Cynthia De La Cruz & Susan Armenta

2024 - 2022   Bedazzled Ink Publishing, Claudia Wilde

 

2024 - 2022   Elite sponsored athlete, JOMA

2021 - 2019   Newfeel-Decathlon Elite sponsored athlete, took *the best careof their sponsored Tokyo Olympians.                           Thank you!

2021 - 2020   DecathlonUSA #AllezBlueTeam, Newfeel (designed to exclusive shoe models for them)

2018 - 2017   Elite sponsored athlete, Salming

2016              Elite sponsored athlete, Skechers 

2024 - 2015   USATF Pacific Foundation 'George Kleeman Athlete Training Grant’ recipient

2022 - 2021   USATF Foundation 'Athlete Training Grant’ recipient

 

Highlights 

2024 Paris OLYMPIC TRIALS - Gold (Champion)  29 June

2024 World Athletics Paris Olympic MMR selection race - #1 USA Woman, #1 USA mixed-team  21 April

2024 Paris MMR OLYMPIC TRIALS ​- Gold (Champion Woman)  21 January

USATF Athlete of the WeekApril 2022

for surpassing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) 35km Automatic Standard and for breaking the USA National Record in the 35km, 30km, 25km and setting our NACAC (North America-Central America- Caribbeans) Area Record in the 35km  Dudince, Slovakia 23 April 2022 

OLYMPIAN, Tokyo Olympics  

2021 Tokyo OLYMPIC TRIALS - Gold (Champion), 20km Race Walk  longest margin of victory in Olympic Trial history  

26 June

 

*****

2025  Officially retired Professional Athlete  21 May

2024​​

Unofficially retired Professional Athlete  29 June upon defending Olympic Trials Champion title

2024  USA NATIONAL RECORD — Mixed Marathon Relay (MMR)   2:12:53#1 USA TEAM: Robyn Stevens & Nick Christie

2024  20km Paris Olympic Trials defending CHAMPION (woman), 3rd or 4th overallin Males Olympic Trials

2024  Mixed Marathon Relay (MMR) Paris Olympic World Athletics Selection/Race Walk Team ChampionshipsAntalya TUR #1 USA woman, #1 USA team

2024  Mixed Marathon Relay (MMR) Paris Olympic Trials CHAMPION (woman)  UNDEFEATED ,  #1 USA

2024  USATF Race Walk [silent] ATHLETE of the YEAR'

JOMA Elite sponsored athlete      2022-2024

2023

2023 Santiago23 Pan Am Games, involuntarily withdrawn from Team selection 

due to direct USA race walk competitors ongoing manipulation of selection procedures

2023 Budapest23 World Championships, involuntarily withdrawn from Team selection

due to direct USA race walk competitors ongoing manipulation of selection procedures

2023 Solo USA Race Walker to obtain/surpass the International Olympic Committee (IOC) AUTOMATIC STANDARD — 35km race walk event

(IOC standard: 2:54:00 | Stevens' qualifying mark: 2:49:29)

2023  Inaugural USA  Mixed Marathon Relay (MMR) LI  1st woman

2023 USATF Pacific Association Race Walk Open & Masters ATHLETE of the YEAR'

2023 USATF Race Walk [silent] ATHLETE of the YEAR'

JOMA Elite sponsored athlete      2022-2024

2022

2022 NACAC (North America-Central America-Caribbean) SILVER medalist - 20km Race Walk, #1 USA finisher overall  (male and female division)

2022 26th place in 20km at Oregon22 World Championships, involuntarily withdrawn from 35km (top ranked USA)

due to direct USA race walk competitors ongoing manipulation of selection procedures

2022 Ranked Top 18 in the WORLD in the 35km Race Walk (Top 21 with minimum 3 per country)

2022 Solo USA Race Walker to obtain/surpass the International Olympic Committee (IOC) AUTOMATIC STANDARD — 35km race walk event  (IOC standard: 2:56:00 | Stevens' qualifying mark: 2:49:29)

2022 NACAC (North America-Central America-Carribbean) AREA RECORD: 35km 2:49:29 set April 23, Dudinska50 World Race Walk Tour (Open & Masters 35-39) 

2022 USA NATIONAL RECORD — 35km, 30km, 25km  set April 23, Dudinska50 World Race Walk Tour (Open & Masters 35-39) — shattered previous record by over 11 minutes

2022 USATF Pacific Association Track&Field  'ATHLETE of the YEAR'

2022 USATF Race Walk 'ATHLETE of the YEAR'

KipRun-Decathlon Elite sponsored athlete      2020-2022

2021

2021 32nd place in 20km Tokyo Olympic, entered as the #46 in the world— without limit 3 per country

2021  20km Tokyo Olympic Trials Champion (woman), 3rd overallin Males Olympic Trials

2021  Tokyo Olympic Trials Champion by largest margin of victory in history4 minutes PLUS+

2021-2020 USATF Race Walk 'ATHLETE of the YEAR'

2021 Pacific Association Track & Field 'ATHLETE of the YEAR (OVERALL)'

2021 ANAD 'Strong Woman' Recipient and Recognition, active advocate for Athlete Wellness and Health

2021 USATF Womens Commission - @usatfwomenscommission #Tokyo2020 Women Olympic hopefuls (feature)

2021 FIRST (and only) WOMAN USA Race Walker to WIN QUADFECTA 50km-20km-Indoor 3000m-35km purse National Championships

KipRun-Decathlon Elite sponsored athlete      2020-2022

2020

2020  50km Tokyo Olympic Trials/National Champion (#1 woman, 4th overallMens Olympic Trials)

2020 FIRST WOMAN USA Race Walker to WIN TRIFECTA 50km-20km-Indoor 3000m purse National Championships

2020 Covid-19 Athlete Relief Fund recipient

2020 FRE Skin Care Ambassador

2020 Northern California Olympic and Paralympic Committee Olympic Development grant recipient

KipRun-Decathlon Elite sponsored athlete      2020-2022

2019

2019 FIRST WOMAN USA Race Walker to WIN both 50km and 20km Olympic distance National Championships

2019 USATF Race Walk 'ATHLETE of the YEAR'

Salming,Team Elite 2019     |     Rudy Project Ambassador      2019

2018, 2017, 2016

Skechers Performance Team, Elite      2016-2018     |     Munk Pack Ambassador      2018

2016 Picky Bar 'Road to Rio #FeedtheDream Project Ambassador  

2016 Pacific Association USATF Foundation 'Athlete Olympic Development Grant' recipient

 

2007 and Earlier

(College and High School)

2007 - 2011 Apple, Inc 'Red Zone' Sales Leadership Award

 

2003-2004 WAC Western Athletic Conference (SJSU) Women’s Cross Country Academic All-Conference

​1999-2002 Henry Laskau Racewalk Award  4x most prestigious award in Race Walk for U20

1999 inaugural year of award

​2002 FULL athletic and academic scholarship, recruited by every Ivy League and D1 school.

2001 Inaugural HSRW 'Bruce MacDonald Athlete of the Year (2001 is the first year of this award)

2000 Capitol Focus – scholarship awarded by Assemblywoman Helen Thomson 

                                   to attend “Springtime in the Capitol City”, a conference based on government and legislation
 

2000 Golden State Achievement of Recognition in Writing Composition

1999 Golden State Achievement of Recognition in Geometry

 

Academic Letter
 

2000, 1999 “Gotcha” recipient – recognizes a student’s academic success 
2000 Girl Scout
Senior Leadership Pin
1998 Girl Scout
Silver Award 
1998 Girl Scout Cadette Leadership Pin 
1998, 1997 Girl Scout
Program Aide Leadership Pin 
 

Girl Scout Service Bars (community and Girl Scout organization)

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cr: Jose Carlos Fajardo

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About Me & BeGolden Success
Values-driven purpose and integrity are
of my highest regard—and are key ingredients
to BEING golden.​

To be golden is to embody humble leadership

and simultaneously not dismiss

your inner power to reap success with integrity.

After committing nearly two decades of my life to representing TeamUSA, in May 2025 I became a retired Olympian. I have since shifted my profession from Athletics to investing my time into clients, driving elite performance into impactful results.

 

I turned my athlete BeGolden℠ motto and brand into a service that gives back to community and ESG-minded individuals—I coach the facilitation of healthy habits that are lead components of highly effective leadership and development

People come to me for:

Business ethics and compliance initiatives, collaborative program management, and to help them develop tools to proactively embody personal and professional fulfillment.

 

Clients are walked through assessments, habit formation, application of self-knowledge paired with clarity, and how to reap the benefits of self-directed commitment to accountability.

 

The focus areas and tools at the heart of BeGolden℠ Success:

 

  • Assessing and understanding key pillars of

      Well-being,

  • Motivational Interviewing,

  • Multi-Health System’s Emotional Intelligence EQ-i 2.0 & 360 (team and individual assessment),

  • an applicable understanding of Enneagram and Attachment Theory.

Self-discipline and direction,
paired with guidance from trusted sources
of expertise, is how dreams are made reality. 

 

The phrase ‘BeGolden' is one I have used to motivate myself through adversity—inspired by observing my beloved golden retriever, April, who is the epitome of what it means to be: BeGolden Success. Dogs teach humanity about resiliency, how to exhibit unconditional love and how the act of acceptance resonates; to exhibit embodiment of universal principles unabashedly, and perseverance through disappointment, illness, heart-break, and adversity.

 

Lymphoma took April from Earth too soon, and yet inspired a commitment to finish a mission I had started but had abandoned years prior to having her in my life. She endured much and through all, she persisted at exuding love, compassion, self-discipline, and a will to make the most of her life—with heart and humble leadership. She inspired me to BE GOLDEN (to be more like her, to advocate universal principles unabashedly). She was intelligent, family-oriented, athletic and active, mindful, playful, unwavering, and she persevered through anxiety and through circumstances and environments that continually change. 

 

Our well-being is more than fitness and healthy eating, BeGolden℠Success is an embodiment that harnesses eight key pillars of leadership and development:

- financial health,

- career satisfaction,

- sense of community,

- family connectedness,

- sense of joy/spiritual (separating from toxic ego),

- physical fitness,

- general components of health that keep us mobile, and

- mental fitness (self-knowing with accountability).

Brief bio:

I was born in California among mountains and the eclectic lifestyles of the Bay Area. My profession and interests take me exploring worldwide.

My fuel is curiosity.​ 

I believe community thrives on creativity and commitment to having a proactive role in life.  

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