Education
Stanford University.
Stanford University.
He is known for being the only pole vaulter in the international elite to wear a helmet during jumps. While attending Permian High School, Stevenson set 24 high school records, taking three district championships, and winning the state title in 1995, when he was also the top-ranked 18-year-old pole vaulter in the world. Stevenson later went on to graduate from Stanford University which is where he currently coaches pole vault and multi-event athletes.
Since the fall of 2002, Stevenson has been a resident athlete at the United States. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California.
He is known for his emotional antics after a successful vault. He played his pole like a guitar after his silver medal vault.
On Friday, January 29, 2010, he officially retired from pole vaulting at the 2010 National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nevada.
From February, 2014, he is working as Head of Activity for Hammarby Athletics in Stockholm, Sweden.