Steve Brimacombe (born 7 May 1971) is an Australian athletics coach and former runner. Under the tutelage of renowned Scottish coach Jim Bradley, Brimacombe won the 1991

Stawell Gift The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short-distance running race. It is the main event in an annual carnival held on Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, St ...

after only 8 months of training. At the time he was only 19 and the second youngest winner in Stawell Gift history. In December 1991, Brimacombe won the prestigious Bay Sheffield off 3.75m. On 28 December 1992, Brimacombe set a Colley Reserve track record of 12.28secs off scratch in his semi-final of the prestigious Bay Sheffield. In 1994, Brimacombe caused a huge upset when he won the Australian 200m title beating

Dean Capobianco Dean Capobianco (born 11 May 1970) is a former Australian athlete, known best as a Sprint (running), sprinter. He won the 1990 Stawell Gift and represented Australia in the 200 metres at the Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 me ...

and

Damien Marsh Damien Marsh (born 28 March 1971) is a former Australian 100 metre and 200 metre sprint champion. A native of Goondiwindi, Queensland, Marsh finest moment as a sprinter was winning the 1995 100 metre IAAF Grand Prix Final in Monaco in a time ...

who had both run in the 200m world championship final in 1993. A fortnight after winning the Australian 200m title, Brimacombe finished 2nd in the 1994 Stawell Gift off scratch, recording 12.18secs - this equalled the Stawell track record by an Australian for 120m. In July 1994, Brimacombe was a finalist in the Commonwealth Games 200m. Brimacombe moved to Queensland in October 1994 and competed over 200 metres in the

1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta where he finished 9th overall, just missing the final. He was an integral member of Australia's 4 × 100 m relay team from 1995 to 1999, winning a silver medal at the

1995 World Championships in Athletics The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden on 5–13 August 1995. This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nat ...

in Gothenburg and a bronze medal at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

in Kuala Lumpur. Brimacombe was a three times national 200m champion (1994, 1995, 1997) and won the 100m title in 1997. His personal best for the 100m was 10.28 secs and for the 200m was 20.30 secs. He returned to Victoria in 2001 and continued to compete until he retired in 2004. Brimacombe became only the fourth Stawell Gift winner in history to have later coached a winner, when his charge Adrian Mott stormed home in 2006. He was an inaugural inductee into the Bay Sheffield Hall of Fame. Steve's mother Dianne has also competed in Victorian Athletics in longer distance events and has been very competitive in her age group with Coburg Harriers.

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1971 births Living people People from Victoria (state) Australian male sprinters Stawell Gift winners World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub