Andrew Steele

Andrew Steele (born 19 September 1984 in Didsbury, Manchester) is a British 400 metres and 4x400 m relay runner.

Andrew Steele
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's athletics
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing4x400m relay
European U23 Championships
2005 Erfurt4x400m relay

He was educated at St. Bede's College, Manchester. He is the son of Dr. Chris Steele, the resident health expert on ITV's This Morning.[1]

In 2008, Steele competed in his first Olympic GamesBeijing 2008. He ran a personal best time of 44.94 seconds in reaching the semi-final in the individual 400 m event. As part of the Great Britain team he finished fourth in the final of the 4x400m relay - 0.6 seconds away from a medal. However, in September 2016 it was confirmed that the Russian team, who had beaten Great Britain to bronze in this race, had been disqualified due to the retesting of Denis Alexeev's urine sample, which tested positive. Consequently, the British team were promoted to the bronze medal position.[2]

Steele spends a few months each spring training at the Australian Institute of Sport, in Canberra.

He is head of product for DNAFit, a DNA testing startup.[3]

Personal bests

Event Time (sec) Venue Date
200 metres21.11Birmingham, England7 July 2007
400 metres44.94Beijing, China18 August 2008
400 metres (indoor)47.61Budapest, Hungary27 January 2006
  • All information taken from IAAF profile.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 2nd 4 x 400 m relay 3:04.83
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 4th 4 x 400 m relay 3:02.01
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 30th (heats) 400 m 45.54
6th 4 x 400 m relay 3:02.94
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 22nd (semis) 400 m 45.59
3rd 4 x 400 m relay 2:58.81

References


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