Steve Brimacombe
| Steve Brimacombe medal table |
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 Australia
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| World championships | ||
| silver | 1995 Gothenburg | 4 × 100 m |
| bronze | 2001 Edmonton | 4 × 100 m |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| bronze | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 4 × 100 m |
Stephen "Steve" Brimacombe (born May 7, 1971 in Melbourne , Australia ) is a former Australian sprinter .
In 1994 he took part in the Commonwealth Games in Victoria . There he reached the semifinals in the 200-meter run and was seventh in the 100-meter run . The greatest success of his career he celebrated in the following season at the World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg in 1995 . Together with Paul Henderson , Tim Jackson and Damien Marsh , he won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay in 38.50 seconds . The day before, the Australian quartet had set an Oceania record in the semifinals with a time of 38.17 s. Brimacombe also competed over 200m in Gothenburg and reached the semi-finals.
He also reached the semi-finals in the 200-meter run at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta . With the season he missed the finals due to a substitution error. At the World Athletics Championships in Athens in 1997 , however, he was eliminated in both competitions in the first round. In 1998 he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur . He ran over 200 m to the semifinals.
Another bronze medal with the relay brought Brimacombe at the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton . The Australian quartet Matt Shirvington , Paul Di Bella , Steve Brimacombe and Adam Basil only reached the finish line in fourth place with a time of 38.83 s. Due to the subsequent disqualification of the US relay because of a doping offense by their runner Tim Montgomery , the Australians moved up one place in the ranking.
In addition, Brimacombe was a total of four times Australian champion, twice in the 200-meter run (1994-1995) and once each over 100 yards (1992) and over 100 m (1997).
Steve Brimacombe had a competition weight of 75 kg with a height of 1.80 m.
Top performances
Web links
- Steve Brimacombe in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Steve Brimacombe in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Steve Brimacombe in the database of Athletics Australia (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: Australian Championships (Men)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Brimacombe, Steve |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brimacombe, Stephen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7th 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne |