John Steel
Personal information
Full nameJohn Meredith Steel
Nationality New Zealand
Born (1972-10-27) 27 October 1972 (age 51)
Auckland, New Zealand
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  New Zealand
Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Kobe 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Kobe 4×200 m free
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Atlanta 4×100 m free
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Atlanta 4×200 m free
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Fukuoka 4×100 m free
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria 4x100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1994 Victoria 4x200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Auckland 4x200 m freestyle

John Meredith Steel (born 27 October 1972 in Auckland) is a former freestyle swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Steel won two silver medals (4 × 100 m Freestyle and 4 × 200 m Freestyle) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Four years earlier Steel captured the bronze medal with the Men's 4x200 Freestyle Relay Team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in his hometown of Auckland. Steel now works for Air NZ as a flight attendant.

Despite being from New Zealand he won the 1990 'Open' ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  2. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 28 July 1990, p. 31". Times Digital Archive.


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