Stephen Pate (born 25 January 1964 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an internationally competitive cyclist and former Olympian. After turning pro in 1986, Pate won three world pro medals and set as many world pro records for 200m, 500m, and 1 km. In 1991, he won a bronze medal at the World Professional Championship at Stuttgart. However, he and his fellow Australian Carey Hall later tested positive for steroids and were stripped of their medals.[1][2]
In March 1998 there were allegations that selectors for the upcoming Olympiad, including Coach Charlie Walsh, the national coach for the Australian Cycling Federation at the Australian Institute of Sport, had been biased in favour of riders in the AIS squad. The selection procedure was questioned after Bradley McGee (a former AIS rider) was selected even though he did not attend the selection trial or ride the national championship, while Pate (not a member of the AIS squad), the then-current national madision champion, was not selected.[3]