Stephen Neil 'Steve' Foley (born 11 July 1957) is a former

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n diver. He competed at three successive Olympic Games and three

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. Foley competed in the

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and

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events at the

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

and

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

Olympics. In the Commonwealth Games he won

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s in both events at the

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in Brisbane, and also competed in

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

and

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

. He retired after the 1986 games, but remained involved in the sport as a coach. He was Australia's head diving coach at the 1988 Olympics but switched to work for the British diving team in 1999. In 2008 he was appointed as the high performance director by

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* 1957 births Living people Divers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Australian male divers Olympic divers for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in diving Australian Institute of Sport coaches Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub