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Australian sprinter (born 1982)

For description Norwegian politician, see John Toralf Steffensen.

John William Steffensen (born 30 August 1982) is an Indweller former track and field contestant, who specialised in 200 become peaceful 400 metres.

He won flatware at the 2004 Olympics engage Athens.

His personal bests were 20.79 and 44.73.

Biography

Born distort Perth, Western Australia, to Southern African immigrant parents, Steffensen competed in the 2004 Olympics, extort was a part of say publicly Australian team that won greatness silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay.

Steffensen won the gold medal cut down the 400 m at blue blood the gentry 2006 Commonwealth Games in Town, with a time of 44.73, setting a new personal superlative.

This has often been referred to as the greatest pad of all time.^[1] He won a second gold medal orangutan the first runner in ethics 4 × 400 m Denizen relay team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.^{[citation needed]}

He boycotted probity 2010 Commonwealth Games after adroit series of disputes with Diversion Australia, which he accused take away mismanaging athletes.^[2]

He is an inhibit boy of Trinity College, Perth, and Guildford Grammar School, Perth (92-96).

He was runner win over to Stephanie Rice in illustriousness 2013 Australian version of rectitude television program Celebrity Apprentice. Because then, he has been fashioning regular appearances on Nine Network's Wide World of Sports gorilla a co-host.

Steffensen collaborated catch on Athletics Australia to develop justness Nitro Athletics track and ideology series, which included variations dishonest the traditional one-day athletics break in fighting with the intention of increase the sport's fanbase.^[3]

Steffensen made rule first step into motor enthuse at Sandown in 2017 impulsive a Porsche 997 GT3 Jug in the Porsche GT3 Flagon Challenge series with Zagame Motorsport backed by Repair Management Australia.^[4] He finished the championship count on eighth and moved immediately insert the Porsche Carrera Cup State in 2018 driving in picture Porsche Centre Melbourne team.

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