Steven Hale

Steven Hale is a British orienteering competitor, born on 9 September 1963. He won a silver medal in the relay at the 1993 World Orienteering Championships in West Point, together with Martin Bagness, Stephen Palmer and Jonathan Musgrave, only 15 seconds behind the winning Swiss team. He finished sixth in the relay in 1995, sixth in 1997 and fifth in 1999. His best individual result is fourth place in the short course in 1993, shared with Jon Tvedt and one second short of the bronze medal, and in 1999 he was eighth in the short course and twelfth in the classic course. In domestic competition he won the overall title at the JK Orienteering Festival four times in a row from 1990 to 1993, a feat matched only by Rolf Pettersson, and won the British Orienteering Championships in 1988, 1989 and 1990.