Steve Handley


Stephen James Handley is an Australian former rower - a fifteen-time national champion, representative at world championships and an Olympian. 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 Sydney Rowing Club and is currently Vice-President. Handley has coached rowing at Sydney Rowing Club, Newington College, St Joseph's College and The King's School with success at state and national championships and at the New South Wales Head of the River regatta.

Club and state rowing career

Handley commenced rowing whilst a student at Newington College. His senior club rowing was from the Sydney Rowing Club. In 1974 Handley won a New South Wales state title in the youth four, won the schoolboy four title at the Australian Rowing Championships 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 and Australian Championships 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 1977 World Rowing Championships 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 Moscow Olympics when they rowed to a fifth place in the Olympic final.

Coach

Since retiring from competitive rowing, Handley has coached schoolboys at Newington, King's and St Joseph's in Sydney.

Business career

Handley is a Director and co-founder of Telecommunications Engineering company ATI Australia Pty Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries ATI Telecom Pty Ltd and InHouse Energy.