Further Information 

Competition Stats

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Pole vault: 2000 – 6th, 2001 – 1st (U20), 4th (open), 2003 – DNC, 2004 – 2nd, 2005 -2nd, 2006 – 2nd, 2007 – 2nd (1st Australian), 2008 – 1st, 2010 – 1st, 2011 - DNC, 2012 - DNC

INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
World Junior Championships: 2000 [Santiago de Chile, CHI] – 4th (5.20m)
World University Games: 2003 [Daegu, KOR] – 11th (5.10m)
Olympic Games: 2004 [Athens, GRE] – qual round (5.30m), 2008 [Beijing, CHN] – 1st (5.96m) (OR)
World Championships: 2005 [Helsinki, FIN] – qual round (5.45m), 2007 [Osaka, JPN] – 9th (5.76m), 2009 [Berlin, GER] – 1st (5.90m), 2011 [Daegu, KOR] - NM
Commonwealth Games: 2006 [Melbourne, AUS] – 1st (5.80m), 2010 [New Delhi, IND] – 1st (5.60m)
World Cup/Continental Cup: 2006 [Athens, GRE] – 1st (5.80m), 2010 [Split, CRO]– 1st (5.95m)
World indoor championships: 2008 [Valencia, ESP] – 3rd (5.80m), 2010 [Doha, Qatar] – 1st (6.01m)

EVENTS / PERSONAL BESTS
Pole vault (indoor): 6.06m – Boston (USA), 7/02/2009
Pole vault: 6.00m – Perth, 27/01/2008

RECORD(S)
Commonwealth Games record – pole vault: 5.80m – Melbourne, 26/03/2006
Olympic record – pole vault: 5.96m – Beijing (CHN), 22/08/2008
Commonwealth/Oceania/Australian record – pole vault: 6.06m (indoor) – Boston (USA), 07/02/2009 Australian indoor record – pole vault: 6.06m – Boston (USA), 07/02/2009
World indoor championships record – pole vault: 6.01m – Doha (QAT), 14/03/2010
Continental Cup record – pole vault: 5.95m – Split (CRO), 05/09/2010

Honours

World Championship gold (2009)
Olympic gold (2008)
World Indoor Championship gold (2010)
Commonwealth Games gold (2006, 2010)
3 x National Champion

Interesting Facts

In 2009, Steve was the only athlete in world athletics to hold all available titles – Olympic, world, world indoor, Continental Cup and Commonwealth Games – at the same time, an achievement he continued in 2010. He is the only Australian athlete in history to achieve this feat.

Steve was the Australian Flame team captain at the 2009 world championships and 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Steve played Australian rules football at a high level before focusing on pole vault. He has
an interest in skydiving and has completed many parachute jumps. Steve took an unusual approach to achieving the status of world No. 1 in 2006, combining his efforts with work and
study. He took a sabbatical from both in 2007.