Steve Hooker

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games
Sex	Male
Full name	Steven Leslie "Steve"•Hooker
Used name	Steve•Hooker
Nick/petnames	The Mailman
Born	16 July 1982 in Melbourne, Victoria (AUS)
Measurements	187 cm / 82 kg
Affiliations	Box Hill Athletic Club, Box Hill (AUS) / Curtin Athletics Club, Cannington, Western Australia (AUS)
NOC	Australia

Medals	OG
Gold	1
Silver	0
Bronze	0
Total	1

Biography

Personal Best: PV – 6.06i (2009).

Results

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	Medal	As
2004 Summer Olympics	Athletics	AUS			Steve Hooker
	Pole Vault, Men (Olympic)		=28 r1/2
2008 Summer Olympics	Athletics	AUS			Steve Hooker
	Pole Vault, Men (Olympic)		1	Gold
2012 Summer Olympics	Athletics	AUS			Steve Hooker
	Pole Vault, Men (Olympic)		AC r2/2

Olympic Records

Records may have been broken subsequently during the same competition.

Games	Date	Sport	Event	Phase	Mark	Pos
2008 Summer Olympics	22 August 2008	Athletics	Pole Vault, Men	Final Round	5.96	1

Olympic family relations

Son of Erica Nixon
Husband of Yekaterina Kostetskaya

List mentions

Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Athletics Championships (1–0–0 2009 Berlin gold: pole vault)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Athletics Indoor Championships (1–0–1 2008 Valencia bronze: pole vault; 2010 Doha gold: pole vault)
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the British Empire/Commonwealth Games (2–0–0 2006 Melbourne ATH gold: pole vault; 2010 Delhi ATH gold: pole vault)