Steve Moneghetti
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| Full name | Stephen James Moneghetti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 September 1962 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Marathon Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 10000m, marathon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen James "Steve" Moneghetti, AM (born 26 September 1962 in Ballarat, Victoria), is an Australian long-distance runner and physical health consultant. Moneghetti has a degree in civil engineering, a graduate diploma in education and an honorary doctorate from the University of Ballarat. He is a personal development consultant with the Ministry of Education and chair of the Victorian Review into Physical and Sport Education in Schools.
Moneghetti was not considered to be a good runner in primary school. Attempting to join Little Athletics, his father was told that Moneghetti was not wanted. However, by high school (St Patrick's College, Ballarat) he had developed into an excellent endurance athlete and was well on his way to becoming one of Australia's greatest marathon runners.
He is married to Tanya Moneghetti and they have four children Emma, Laura, Matthew and Olivia.
He started out as a 10,000 metre runner and finished fifth in that event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. He ran his first marathon at the same meet winning the bronze medal. His first marathon victory was in Berlin in 1990 in the time of 2:08:16, coming only a couple of weeks after winning the Great North Run in 1:00:34. In 1991 he set the course record of 40:03 for Sydney's iconic 14 km City 2 Surf, which still stands. In 1994 he won the Tokyo Marathon and the marathon at the Commonwealth Games. He came 3rd in the 1997 World Championships marathon race. He has also competed in the marathon at four Olympic Games; 1988 in Seoul, 1992 in Barcelona, 1996 in Atlanta and 2000 in Sydney. His best performance in the Olympics was 5th place at Seoul in 1988.
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