How much is steve ovett worth

British-born Australian cyclist

Freddy Ovett (born 16 January 1994) is a British-born Australian professional off-road cyclist. He has previously been a stagiaire with UCI WorldTeamBMC Racing Team in 2018, and UCI Professional Continental teamIsrael Cycling Academy in 2019.^[5]

Personal life

Ovett was born in Dumfries, Scotland. His father, Steve Ovett, competed for Great Britain in middle-distance running during the 1970s and the 1980s; he won gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 800 metres,^[6] and the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the 5000 metres.^[7] Ovett himself also competed as a runner before cycling and still occasionally does, having completed the 2023 New York Marathon in a time of 2:37:08 and the Sant Silvestre de Girona 5k in 14:41.^[8][9]

His uncle, Nick Ovett, competed for Great Britain in the luge at the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics.

Major results

2018

2nd Tour de Okinawa

7th Overall Tour de Tochigi

10th Overall Herald Sun Tour

2019

9th Overall Tour de Langkawi

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Steve Ovett

British former middle distance runner

Stephen Michael James Ovett, OBE (; born 9 October 1955) is a retired British track athlete. A middle-distance runner, he was the gold medalist in the 800 metres at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Ovett set five world records for 1500 metres and the mile run, and a world best at two miles. He won 45 consecutive 1500 and mile races from 1977 to 1980.

Early life

Born in Brighton, Sussex, and educated at Varndean Grammar School, Ovett was a talented teenage athlete. As a youngster, he showed great promise as a footballer, but gave it up for athletics, because he preferred individual rather than team sports.^{[citation needed]} As a youngster he won the under-15 (Junior boys) English Schools' Athletics Championships title at 400 metres in 1970 and the under-17 (Intermediate boys) 800 metres title in 1972.^[2]

Athletics career

Early promise

Ovett's first major athletics title came in 1973, when he won the 800 metres at the 1973 European Athletics Junior Championships. The following

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Ovett: An Autobiography

December 2, 2023

As we approach 2024, it will be 40 years since Steve wrote this book and he is releasing extracts from it on Facebook, giving us hope that he will release another book!
This one ends in 1984 and is jam-packed with brutally honest reflections on his life, relationships with family and friends and, of course, his athletics career.
A man of the athletes, his teammates loved him (I remember him being at the Olympic Village and he was very popular there) and he was great fun!
Such a natural talent, he didn't have a huge team of physios, psychologists and dieticians etc which athletes today benefit from, so injuries abounded, but Steve's toughness - and stubbornness - was legendary, and he discusses it here too in this great book.
His victory in the Moscow Olympics of 1980 800m was one of the greatest of all time and, although he broke several World Records, he admits that titles, to him, were more important than times. History agrees with him, he was one of the all-time greats and of course, his rivalry at the time with Seb Coe was what everyone