{{for|the United States Marine Corps general|Martin R. Steele}} {{Short description|British athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Martin Steele | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|09|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Huddersfield, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = Middle-distance | height = | weight = | club = Longwood Harriers }} '''Martin Douglas Steele''' (born 30 September 1962) is a male English former middle-distance runner.
== Biography == Steele was a member of Longwood Harriers<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19930301/018/0018 |title=Steele partners McKean |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=1 March 1993 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref> and was ranked No.1 in the world at the time of the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart. He had won the 800m race at the Bislett Games in Oslo in 1:43.84 min. In Stuttgart, however, Steele went out before the final.
Steele became a double British 800 metres champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1993 AAA Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref> and winning the UK Athletics Championships at Crystal Palace the same year.
He represented England in the 800 metres event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes|title=1994 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=England team in 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=18 October 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/38192|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>
== Competition record == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}} |- |1991 |World Indoor Championships |Seville, Spain |5th (sf) |800 m |1:48.77 |- |1992 |European Indoor Championships |Genoa, Italy |4th |800 m |1:47.23 |- |rowspan=2|1993 |World Indoor Championships |Toronto, Canada |15th (h) |800 m |1:50.71 |- |World Championships |Stuttgart, Germany |21st (sf) |800 m |1:46.70 |- |rowspan=2|1994 |European Indoor Championships |Paris, France |10th (sf) |800 m |1:49.65 |- |Commonwealth Games |Victoria, British Columbia |7th |800 m |1:48.04 |}
== References == {{Reflist}} *{{World Athletics}} * [http://digilander.libero.it/vdany/Stagionali/WRL/1993/800.htm 1993 Year Rankings] {{Footer UK NC 800 Metres Men}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Steele, Martin}} Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:English men middle-distance runners Category:British men middle-distance runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for England {{England-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub}}