Steven Hale
Steven Hale is a British orienteering competitor. He received a silver medal in "relay" at the 1993 World Orienteering Championships in West Point, together with Martin Bagness, Stephen Palmer and Jonathan Musgrave, only 15 seconds behind the Swiss winning team. He finished 6th in the "relay" in 1995, 6th in 1997, and 5th in 1999. His best individual result is the 4th place in the "short course" in the 1993 world championships (shared with Jon Tvedt, only one second behind bronze medal winner Martin Johansson). In 1999 he finished 8th in the "short course", and 12th in the  classic course. In domestic orienteering competition, Hale won the overall title at the JK Orienteering Festival 4 times in a row between 1990 and 1993, a feat only matched by Rolf Pettersson. He also won the British Orienteering Championships in 1988, 1989 and 1990, and the British nights championships in 1986 and 1987.