Stephen Walsh (athlete)

SportCountryNew ZealandSportTrack and fieldEventLong jumpAchievements and titlesNational finalsLong jump champion (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)

Stephen Craig Walsh (born 17 December 1960) is a retired male long jumper from New Zealand. He competed in the 1982 Commonwealth Games winning bronze, and in 1984 Summer Olympic Games.^[2] He won the New Zealand national men's long jump title in seven consecutive years, from 1980 to 1986.^[3]

Walsh was born in Dunedin on 17 December 1960,^[2][4] and educated at Otago Boys' High School.^[5] He went on to study at Auckland Technical Institute from 1981 to 1983, gaining a Diploma of Physiotherapy, and the University of Otago from 1987 to 1991, graduating MB ChB.^[5] Between 1984 and 1986, he worked as a physiotherapist at Dunedin Hospital, and after completing his medical studies he worked in general practice.^[5] In 1993, Walsh married Vivien Binney.^[5]