Andrew Steele (born 19 September 1984) is a British 400 metres and 4 × 400 m relay runner. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Biography Steele was educated at St Bede's College, Manchester. He is the son of Dr Chris Steele, the resident health expert on ITV's This Morning.This Morning - Andrew Steele. ITV. Retrieved on 2010-06-08.
Steele became the British 400 metres champion after winning the 2007 British Athletics Championships.
In 2008, Steele competed in the Olympic Games held in Beijing. He ran a personal best time of 44.94 seconds in reaching the semi-final in the individual 400 m event. As part of the Great Britain team, he finished fourth in the final of the 4 × 400 m relay - 0.6 seconds away from a medal. However, in September 2016 it was confirmed that the Russian team, who had beaten Great Britain to bronze in this race, had been disqualified due to the retesting of Denis Alexeev's urine sample, which tested positive. Consequently, the British team was promoted to the bronze medal position.
Steele spent a few months each spring training at the Australian Institute of Sport, in Canberra.
He is head of product for DNAFit, a DNA testing startup.
Personal bests EventTime (sec)VenueDate200 metres 21.11 Birmingham, England 7 July 2007400 metres 44.94 Beijing, China 18 August 2008400 metres (indoor) 47.61 Budapest, Hungary 27 January 2006 All information taken from IAAF profile.
Competition record 2005European U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany2nd4 × 400 m relay3:04.832006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia4th4 × 400 m relay3:02.012007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan30th (heats)400 m45.546th4 × 400 m relay3:02.942008Olympic GamesBeijing, China22nd (semis)400 m45.593rd4 × 400 m relay2:58.81
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