(1982-07-16) 16 July 1982 (age 41) Melbourne, Australia
Height
187 cm (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight
75 kg (165 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport
Athletics
Event
Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
2004 Athens Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics
Medal record
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing
Pole vault
World Championships
2009 Berlin
Pole vault
World Indoor Championships
2010 Doha
Pole vault
2008 Valencia
Pole vault
Commonwealth Games
2006 Melbourne
Pole vault
2010 Delhi
Pole vault
World Cup
2006 Athens
Pole vault
Continental Cup
2010 Split
Pole vault
World Athletics Final
2007 Stuttgart
Pole vault
Steven Leslie Hooker OAM (born 16 July 1982) is an Australian former pole vaulter and Olympic gold medalist. His personal best, achieved in 2008, is 6.06 m (19 ft 10+1⁄2 in) making him the fourth-highest pole vaulter in history,[2] behind Sergey Bubka, Renaud Lavillenie and Armand Duplantis.
Hooker was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and has a personal best of 10.82 s in 100 m as an amateur sprinter.[3] He ran in the 2010 Stawell Gift.
^ abSteve Hooker's profile at the IAAF site
^"Hooker's rise continues - 6.06m in Boston". Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
^"Steve Hooker to run in Stawell Gift". 16 March 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
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