Steve Handley

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Stephen Handley
Personal information
Birth nameStephen James Handley
Born (1956-06-28) 28 June 1956 (age 68)
Education Newington College
Occupation(s)Director
ATI Australia Pty Limited
SpouseKim Handley
Website Stephen Handley Profile
Sport
Club Sydney Rowing Club
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals Moscow 1980
National finalsKing's Cup 1977-79

Stephen James Handley (born 28 June 1956) is an Australian former rower - a fifteen-time national champion, representative at world championships and an Olympian. He is a board member of the New South Wales Rowing Association and a state rowing selector. [1] From 2009 until 2014 he was Club Captain of Sydney Rowing Club and is currently Vice-President. [2] Handley has coached rowing since 1979, at Sydney Rowing Club, Newington College, St Joseph's College and The King's School with success at NSW Championship, Australian championships and at the New South Wales Head of the River regatta.

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Club and state rowing career

Handley commenced rowing whilst a student at Newington College (1969–1974). [3] His senior club rowing was from the Sydney Rowing Club. In 1974 Handley won a New South Wales state title in the youth four, won the schoolboy four title at the Australian Rowing Championships [4] and while still aged eighteen represented New South Wales in an U23 eight in a Trans Tasman series against New Zealand. [5] He has won numerous State Championships (including the champion eight of NSW five times in SRC colours) and Australian Championships in the coxed pair, coxed four and eights. Between 1974 and 1980, he won thirteen National Championships and two King's Cups for New South Wales. [6]

International representative rowing

He made his Australian representative debut in the men's eight which rowed to tenth place at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. [7] He was again in the Australian eight at Lake Karapiro, 1978). In 1980, he was in the Australian eight at the Moscow Olympics when they rowed to a fifth place in the Olympic final. [8]

Coach

Handley has coached rowing since 1979, at Sydney Rowing Club, Newington College, St Joseph's College and The King's School enjoying success at the New South Wales Head of the River regatta, NSW Championships, Australian Championships as well as many other major domestic regattas.

Business career

Handley is a co-founder and former director of telecommunications engineering company ATI Australia Pty Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries ATI Telecom Pty Ltd, Socius Technology Pty Ltd and InHouse Energy . [9]

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References

  1. Rowing New South Wales Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  2. Steve Handley – SRC Rowing Archived 3 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 181
  4. 1974 Australian Championships at Australian Rowing History
  5. 1974 Trans Tasman series at Australian Rowing History
  6. 1977 King's Cup
  7. Handley at World Rowing
  8. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stephen Handley Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  9. Submission to IPRT Retrieved 11 August 2014.