- Commonwealth Games star lost his battle with cancer
- Remembered as ‘stoic to the very end’ by his wife
Two-time Commonwealth Games star Adam Steinhardt has lost his battle with cancer aged 55 after ignoring the risks to his health to share a final holiday with his wife and six children.
The athlete turned successful businessman passed away early on Monday morning after fighting bowel cancer for six and a half years, with is wife Sacha taking to social media to reveal touching details about his last days.
‘Stoic to the very end, he insisted on going ahead with our annual summer holiday to Port Rickaby despite his significant health risk,’ she wrote.
‘After enjoying a day of Adam bliss, watching two NFL games in the caravan, feeling the sand between his toes on the beach, enjoying one of his favourite dinners, having some solid heart to heart conversations and watching a magnificent sunset while listening to one of his favourite albums, the warrior within decided that was a pretty good hand to bow out on.
‘The kids and I, our incredibly supportive families, take solace in knowing he is finally free of the pain and suffering he had endured for far too long and that he died in a happy place.
‘You fought a gallant battle my darling. I love you and I am so proud of you. Rest easy and I’ll see you on the flip side.’
Adam Steinhardt (pictured) represented his country at two Commonwealth Games and the 1988 World Junior Championships
The former pole vaulter spent his final hours on a holiday with his wife Sacha (pictured together) and his six children
The successful businessman is pictured at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Canada
A talented pole vaulter, Steinhardt represented his country at the 1990 and 1994 Commonwealth Games in addition to the 1998 World Junior Championships.
He placed sixth in 1990 and seventh in 1988, and cleared a personal best of 5.51 metres in 1996.
After his athletics career ended, Steinhardt became a successful businessman in Adelaide, first by setting up a business selling Apple computers, then founding The Kingdom advertising agency.
In 2003 he said his Apple Mac business, Next Byte, was on track to make $60million in revenue.
Steinhardt’s brave battle with the killer disease was illustrated in an Instagram post he made in March 2023.
‘#chemo infusion 54 ended with vomiting two days ago, today it’s back into rehab on #bike#zwift 30 min ride,’ he wrote.
‘Second fastest in a year of chemo, that’s been every two weeks. I’m broken but I won’t give in.’
In November 2023 he posted a shot of him and Sacha at a concert as he lived one of his dreams.
‘Day 2 of The Bucket List tour. #coldplay live in #perth. Despite lymphedema raging, Sacha and I fight on to enjoy the moments of life worth living.’
Steinhardt won a sports scholarship to America’s University of Washington, where he began studying in 1988 before returning home to prepare for the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
