Biography
Steve Moneghetti AM is one of the champions of Australian sport. He exemplifies what is to be achieved through training, perseverance, planning, goals and aspirations.
From Australian Under 20 Cross Country Champion in 1982, Stephen has become a world champion distance and marathon runner. He has been awarded as No.1 World Roadracer, Australian Sports Star of the Year and Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist.
Steve competes and wins in Marathon and Distance events from Berlin to Tokyo each year. To compete at each International level he trains twice a day, everyday of the year, covering approximately 200km per week and totalling over 8500km in a year.
Away from running Steve has a Degree in Civil Engineering and a Graduate Diploma in Education and works when available as a teacher. He was a Personal Development Consultant until 2000 with the Ministry of Education and Chairperson of the Victorian Review into Physical and Sport Education in Schools.
Steve is currently the Race Director for Nike Australia, an Ambassador for Nike Australia and an Australian Sports Commission Board Member.
Steve speaks extensively within Australia to community and corporate groups. Often described as the highlight of the function, Stephen's positive easy style holds and inspires audience of all types. Stephen speaks on what it takes to be at the top and how to apply the same basic principals to succeed in life at all levels.
Some of Steve's career highlights include: Commonwealth Games Marathon 1986 Bronze medal, 1990 Silver medal, 1994 Gold medal, 1998 Bronze medal, World Athlete Championships 1997 Bronze, attended the Olympic Games in 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000, winner of 1990 Berlin Marathon and 1994 Tokyo International Marathon, previous holder of 3 World Heats for the Half Marathon 1990, 1992, 1993, winner of 4 City to Surf races 1988 – 1991 and race record holder.
Steve was Chef de Mission in 2010 and 2014 for the Australian Commonwealth Games Teams, and will be again in 2018.
Steve still runs everyday covering around 70km a week. He recently won the Oceania Masters Athletics 50+ Cross Country title and in 2009 ran a world age record for a forty six year old of 29.59mins for 10km on the road making him the oldest person to run under the 30 minute barrier.
Testimonials
Excellent…Very professional & entertaining presentation.
Monash Business Awards
Excellent… Very calm & relaxed person but provided an insight into his dreams and long term goals. Very inspiring.
National Australia Bank
Excellent. Steve was just lovely. His willingness to stay after his presentation to chat with our delegates was much appreciated by all.
Royal Life Saving Society
Excellent…Steve was fantastic. He spoke extremely well and made our night a success
Goodman Cannington Prints
Steve’s causal approach when talking to the audience was great.
Amcor
An honest person who obviously enjoys their sport & life in general.
Facility Managers Association
The material Steve used was very appropriate, his delivery was very good & he was able to draw parallels between his experiences & those of SMS. Excellent use of people’s names & the audience were able to identify with Steve’s experiences.
SMS Consulting
Excellent…gave as much commitments to his presentation as he does to his racing
Glass’s Guide
Excellent…the feedback has been tremendous, the attendees at the meeting were thrilled to have you as the “Mystery Guest Speaker”. They came away feeling very motivated and ready to tackle their upcoming extremely busy time of the year with great gusto.
Kleins Australia
Excellent. Completely natural, genuine and sincere talk. Could relate sporting experiences to pressures of business world. First class.
Elanco Animal Health
Excellent. Steve’s presentation as very relaxed, he mixed well with our people and they were very impressed with his presentation
Airconditioning Mechanical Contractors Association (AMCA)
Steve was very good. He spent quality time with our people – Motivating.
Westfund
Excellent. Steve mixed with the guests before and after his excellent presentation which was very appropriate for the night.
TABCORP
Very natural, great material, inspirational – got the feeling he would have been happy to stay on for two hours if we had asked.
Institute of Quarrying
Steve Moneghetti was the first external speaker we have used at our National Sales Conferences since they began over 13 years ago. Based on the extent of the positive reaction we observed across the entire Sales & Marketing teams, I wish we had invited him sooner!
Steve had clearly done his homework; he was able to draw such a powerful correlation between his extensive achievements in the world of long distance running and the challenges of life in sales/business; his viewpoint on recognising human potential was timely and insightful; his real-life experiences around the tangible link between effort, skill and success were so relevant; his definition of leadership from within the team resonated with all of our current and - I am sure - future leadership group. Steve was passionate, proud, humorous and inspiring and a living, breathing example of good things coming to those who are prepared to demonstrate appropriate levels of sustained commitment. Add to these qualities the fact that Steve is an extremely approachable guy and you have the perfect speaker - be it for an after dinner presentation or as part of a day-time conference. I had also heard that Steve would welcome post-presentation discussion with the delegates - suffice to say, he was almost one of the last to leave! And if there is anyone with a better memory for names, I am yet to meet them! I am indebted to Steve for the professionalism he demonstrated in planning, preparing and executing his presentation and would wholly recommend Steve to any organisation who is seeking to locate a top quality speaker.
Don Sutherland, Dentsply (Aust)
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