Steve Backley OBE
Steve Backley is one of Britain’s best known and most popular athletes ever. Consistent performances established Steve as one of the all time great athletes after ranking in the world’s top ten in the Javelin every year between 1989 and 2002. Steve is the only British track and field athelete to win medals at three different Olympic Games; winning silver at Barcelona in 1992, silver at Atlanta in 1996 and Bronze at the Sydney games in 2000.
Steve first made his mark when winning the gold in the Javelin at the 1987 Junior European Championships. Three years later, he became the World’s number one javelin thrower having broken the World Record three times and was crowned World Athlete of the Year by the IAAF in 1990. Stand out Gold medal achievements for Steve came in the 1990, 94, 98 and 2002 European Games as well as 1990, 94 and 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Steve has a natural passion for performance but now concentrates his attention on new business ventures including corporate motivational speaking, sports commentary and a range of other media and television appearances.
