{{Short description|Australian pole vaulter (1969–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2025}} '''Adam Paul Steinhardt''' (5 December 1969 – 20 January 2025) was an Australian pole vaulter, who represented his native country in two consecutive Commonwealth Games, starting in 1990.<ref name=jump>{{cite web|url=http://www.crn.com.au/Feature/18864,white-men-can-jump----on-an-apple.aspx|title=White men can jump . . . on an Apple|work=CRN Australia |date=18 June 2003|accessdate=29 Jan 2010}}</ref> He cleared a personal best of 5.51m on 14 February 1996 in Adelaide, South Australia. Steinhardt was also a public speaker and inbound marketing executive.
==Biography== ===Business career=== Steinhardt became the managing director of Next Byte, a retail chain selling Apple macs<ref name=jump/> in 1995 and left it in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/137898/steinhardt_calls_time|title=Steinhardt calls time|author=Time Lohman|publisher=ARN|date=13 July 2005}}</ref>
In 2012, Steinhardt re-entered the Apple market, starting up an Apple reseller in Adelaide, called eRepublic.
===The Kingdom=== In 2009, he co-founded The Kingdom, an Adelaide-based advertising agency.
In 2015, The Kingdom became a Certified HubSpot Partner and won the 2015 HubSpot International Partner of the Year Award, with Steinhardt as the Managing Director.
In 2016, The Kingdom became a Platinum Certified HubSpot Partner.
===Death=== Steinhardt died from bowel cancer on 20 January 2025, aged 55.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Polymeneas |first=Evangeline |date=21 January 2025 |title=You fought a gallant battle: Athlete and businessman Adam Steinhardt remembered after health battle |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/you-fought-a-gallant-battle-athlete-and-businessman-adam-steinhardt-remembered-after-health-battle/news-story/273007141b |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250121083038/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/you-fought-a-gallant-battle-athlete-and-businessman-adam-steinhardt-remembered-after-health-battle/news-story/273007141bb76fb488f9202083ef3172?amp&nk=6762e535e65fbca0c691b95c58a62504-1737448254 |archive-date=21 January 2025 |access-date=22 January 2025 |website=The Advertiser}}</ref>
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable}} |- |1988 |World Junior Championships |Sudbury, Canada |7th |5.10 m |- |1990 |Commonwealth Games |Auckland, New Zealand |6th |5.10 m<ref name=jump/> |- |1994 |Commonwealth Games |Victoria, Canada | — |NM |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name| 3761819}} * http://www.abc.net.au/tv/goingpublic/companies.htm * {{cite web|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/history/national/matf620.htm |title=Australian Open Track & Field Championships Pole Vault |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022182127/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/national/matf620.htm |archivedate=2009-10-22 }} * {{cite web|url=http://www.martin2010.com.au/Articles/downloads/Stadium-Report-%28final%29.pdf|title=A Concept Plan for a World Class South Australian Sporting and Entertainment Stadium|author=Adam Steinhardt|date=20 April 2009|access-date=29 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015020204/http://www.martin2010.com.au/Articles/downloads/Stadium-Report-(final).pdf|archive-date=15 October 2009|url-status=dead}} * {{cite web|url=http://erepublic.com.au |title=eRepublic |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122182536/http://erepublic.com.au/ |archivedate=2013-01-22 }} * [https://www.thekingdom.com.au/ The Kingdom]
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