Steven Lewis
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| Born |
20 May 1986 Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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| Country |
 United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Pole Vault | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Steven ("Steve") James Lewis (born 20 May 1986) is an English pole vaulter. His personal best jump of 5.82 metres, set in July 2012, is the British record for the event.[1] Indoors his best is 5.75 m, achieved in Manchester on 17 January 2009.
He represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics and is a two-time medalist for England at the Commonwealth Games. He has participated at the World Championships in Athletics on three occasions (2007, 2009, 2011) and has twice been a finalist at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Lewis was born in Stoke-on-Trent, and he attended Holden Lane High School.[2] Lewis finished in fourth place at the 2009 European Indoor Championships with jump of 5.71 m, which resulted in British head coach Charles van Commenee praising his development.[3][4]
Lewis achieved a personal best and broke the British record of 5.80 m set by Nick Buckfield in 1998, with a vault of 5.82 m at the 2012 Janusz Kusociński Memorial in Szcecin, Poland.[5] He competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in fifth place with a vault of 5.75 m, becoming Britain's most successful men's pole vault Olympian.
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| 2003 | World Youth Championships | Sherbrooke, Canada | 3rd | 5.05 m |
| 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 9th | 5.00 m |
| 2005 | European Junior Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 5th | 5.10 m |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 3rd | 5.50 m |
| 2007 | European Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 15th (q) | 5.55 m |
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | – | NM | |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | – | NM |
| 2009 | European Indoor Championships | Turin, Italy | 4th | 5.71 m |
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 9th | 5.65 m | |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 6th | 5.45 m |
| Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India | 2nd | 5.60 m | |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 9th | 5.65 m |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 5th | 5.70 m |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 5th | 5.75 m |
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 6th | 5.71 m |
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | – | NM | |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1st | 5.55 m |
| European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 11th | 5.40 m | |
References
- ↑ Jackowski, Pawel (2012-07-22). Wlodarczyk and Alekna underscore London medal aspirations in Szczecin. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-22.
- ↑ http://6towns.co.uk/news/2012/02/stoke-born-team-gb-pole-vaulter-steve-lewis-talks-6-towns-radio-listen-again
- ↑ Van Commenee rues missed targets. BBC Sport (2009-03-08). Retrieved on 2009-03-11.
- ↑ Broadbent, Rick (2009-03-09). Coach spells out need for improvement. The Times. Retrieved on 2009-03-11.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18945145
External links
- Steven Lewis profile at IAAF
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