Facts: - sport: athletics - event: pole vault - height: 1.91 - updated: 7 august 2014 - birth date: 20 may 1986 - weight: 84 kg lb on - image: steven lewis 2012 jumpandfly.jpg - birth place: stoke-on-trent , england , united kingdom Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of steven lewis .
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steven -lrb- '' steve '' -rrb- james lewis -lrb- born 20 may 1986 -rrb- is an english pole vaulter .his personal best jump of 5.82 metres , set in july 2012 , is the british record for the event .indoors his best is 5.75 m , achieved in manchester on 17 january 2009 .he represented great britain at the 2008 summer olympics and is a two-time medalist for england at the commonwealth games .he has participated at the world championships in athletics on three occasions -lrb- 2007 , 2009 , 2011 -rrb- and has twice been a finalist at the iaaf world indoor championships .lewis was born in stoke-on-trent , and he attended holden lane high school .lewis finished in fourth place at the 2009 european indoor championships with jump of 5.71 m , which resulted in british head coach charles van commenee praising his development .lewis achieved a personal best and broke the british record of 5.80 m set by nick buckfield in 1998 , with a vault of 5.82 m at the 2012 janusz kusocinski memorial in szcecin , poland .he competed in the 2012 summer olympics , finishing in fifth place with a vault of 5.75 m , becoming britain 's most successful men 's pole vault olympian .