Steve Hooker, gold medal-winning pole vaulter, is now a property chief executive

PHOTO: Steve Hooker, moments after winning gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Photo: Greg Baker

Gold medallist, world champion pole vaulter: there’s little Steve Hooker hasn’t achieved in the sporting world.

But now the seven-time gold medal winner has turned to property. Few would know that while he was striving to achieve his sporting goals, he was building a career in property too.

“Probably people would be surprised,” he said. “When I was an athlete, I was working [in property] and training.”

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