Stephen James Handley (born 28 June 1956) is an

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former

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- a fifteen-time national champion, representative at world championships and an

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. He is a board member of the New South Wales Rowing Association and a state rowing selector. From 2009 until 2014 he was Club Captain of

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and is currently Vice-President. Handley has coached rowing since 1979, at Sydney Rowing Club,

Newington College , motto_translation = To Faith Add Knowledge , location = Inner West and Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = A ...

, St Joseph's College and The King's School with success at NSW Championship, Australian championships and at the New South Wales Head of the River regatta.

Club and state rowing career

Handley commenced rowing whilst a student at

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(1969–1974). His senior club rowing was from the

. In 1974 Handley won a New South Wales state title in the youth four, won the schoolboy four title at the

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and while still aged eighteen represented New South Wales in an U23 eight in a Trans Tasman series against New Zealand. He has won numerous State Championships (including the champion eight of NSW five times in SRC colours) and

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in the coxed pair, coxed four and eights. Between 1974 and 1980, he won thirteen National Championships and two King's Cups for New South Wales.

International representative rowing

He made his Australian representative debut in the men's eight which rowed to tenth place at the

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in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He was again in the Australian eight at Lake Karapiro, 1978). In 1980, he was in the Australian eight at the

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when they rowed to a fifth place in the Olympic final.

Coach

Handley has coached rowing since 1979, at Sydney Rowing Club,

Newington College , motto_translation = To Faith Add Knowledge , location = Inner West and Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = A ...

, St Joseph's College and The King's School enjoying success at the New South Wales Head of the River regatta, NSW Championships, Australian Championships as well as many other major domestic regattas.

Business career

Handley is a co-founder and former director of telecommunications engineering company ATI Australia Pty Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries ATI Telecom Pty Ltd, Socius Technology Pty Ltd and InHouse Energy .Submission to IPRT
Retrieved 11 August 2014.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Handley, Steve 1956 births Living people People educated at Newington College Australian male rowers Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Australia Place of birth missing (living people)