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Steven Leslie Hooker is an Australian male athletics competitor and pole vaulter. Born on July 16, 1982, in Melbourne, he represented Australia in the sport of athletics. His competitive career began in 1997 and concluded in 2014. Hooker is 187 centimeters tall and weighs 75 kilograms. He attended Balwyn High School and speaks English.
Hooker participated in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2006 Commonwealth Games. His mother is Erica Hooker. He maintains an official website at stevehooker.com.au.
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Key facts
- Full name
- Steven Leslie Hooker
- Nickname
- Hooksy
- Nationality
- Australian
- Born
- ( 1982-07-16 ) 16 July 1982 (age 43) , Melbourne , Australia
- Height
- 187 cm (6 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)
- Weight
- 75 kg (165 lb)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- Pole vault
- Olympic finals
- 2004 Athens Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Steven
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Melbourne
- Mother
- Erica Hooker
- Occupation
- pole vaulter
- Educated at
- Balwyn High School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Australia
- Mass
- 75
- Official website
- stevehooker.com.au
- Image
- 2008 Australian Olympic team Steve Hooker - Sarah Ewart.jpg
- Height
- 187
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- Commons category
- Steve Hooker
- date of birth
- 1982-07-16
- sports discipline competed in
- pole vault
- birth name
- Steven Leslie Hooker
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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 sixth-highest pole vaulter in history.
Hooker was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and has a personal best of 10.79 s in 100 m as an amateur sprinter. He ran in the 2010 Stawell Gift.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Steve Hooker” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.