Stephen Michael James Ovett, OBE (/ oʊ ˈ v ɛ t /; born 9 October 1955) is a retired British track athlete. A middle-distance runner, he was the gold medalist in the 800 metres at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Ovett set five world records for 1500 metres and the mile run, and a world best at two miles. He won 45 consecutive 1500 and mile ...

Steve Ovett (born October 9, 1955, Brighton, Sussex, England) is a British athlete, who, along with his great rival, Sebastian Coe, dominated middle-distance running in the early 1980s. The winner of gold and bronze medals at the 1980 Olympic Games in …

Apart from his record breaking feats, Steve Ovett was a brilliant competitor and built an outstanding record in major championships. At 800 metres he won the European Junior title in 1973, the European Cup in 1975 and the Olympic gold medal in 1980.

2020年7月28日 · Wilson met the 16 year old Steve Ovett at a Southern Counties AAA training camp at Crystal Palace in the autumn 1972, in joining the endurance group from a sprints background.

1998年11月11日 · Steve Ovett, the 1980 Olympic 800 metres champion and former world record-holder at 1,500 metres, mile and two miles, now lives on the Scottish borders with his wife, Rachel, and four children - Alexandra, aged eight, Georgie, six, Freddy, who's nearly five, and Lois, who is nearly two.

2020年6月28日 · There is little dispute that the greatest Sussex athlete of “all time” is Steven Michael James Ovett - born in Brighton on 9 th of October 1955 to Market Traders, Mick and Gay. Right from his first appearance at the Withdean Track he was a very competitive character, and his talent was revealed once he joined the Brighton & Hove Athletic ...

2020年11月2日 · Steve Ovett is uniquely the only athlete to win major championship golds at 800m (Olympics), 1500m (Europeans) and 5000m (Commonwealth).

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At the time the British press reported that Coe and Ovett had clashed after the race but Coe later revealed: "When Steve came over, he put his hand on my shoulder and said something. The media thought we were having a row, but what Steve actually said was, 'Who the fuck was that?'"

2016年12月17日 · 1980 800m Olympic champion, Steve Ovett will go down in history as one of Britain’s best ever middle distance runners. Whether you remember Ovett for his duals with Sebastian Coe, his amazing finishing kick, or his famed show-boating; Ovett is without a doubt a legend in the athletics world.