Kristen SANTOS-GRISWOLD

About Kristen Santos-Griswold

Kristen Santos-Griswold is an American short track speed skater. Growing up in Fairfield, Connecticut, she figure skated from age three and took up short track at nine. After surgery on a cut hand tendon in 2017 she skated in a cast for three months, then missed the 2018 Olympic team by one place. At Beijing 2022 a collision with Arianna Fontana in the 1000m final left her fourth. Her 1000m win at the 2024 World Championships in Rotterdam was the first US short track world title since 2011, and she won medals at all three individual distances there.

World Tour podiums since the 2024–25 season

• Bronze: World Tour 2, Montreal (2025–26) · 500m
• Bronze: World Tour 2, Montreal (2025–26) · 1500m
• Gold: World Tour 6, Milan (2024–25) · 500m
• Gold: World Tour 6, Milan (2024–25) · 1000m
• Silver: World Tour 6, Milan (2024–25) · 1500m
• Bronze: World Tour 5, Dordrecht (2024–25) · 500m
• Gold: World Tour 4, Seoul (2024–25) · 500m
• Gold: World Tour 4, Seoul (2024–25) · 1500m
• Silver: World Tour 3, Beijing (2024–25) · 1500m
• Silver: World Tour 1, Montreal (2024–25) · 500m
• Silver: World Tour 1, Montreal (2024–25) · 1000m

Facts

Nation

United States

Born

2 Nov 1994

PB 500m

42.109 · ISU World Tour 1, Montreal · 27 Oct 2024

PB 1000m

1:26.783 · Olympic Winter Games, Beijing · 11 Feb 2022

PB 1500m

2:17.329 · ISU World Cup 1 - Olympic Qualifying, Beijing · 21 Oct 2021

Personal bests: ShortTrackOnLine.info↗ (as of 2 Nov 2026)