<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1994 Guildford </Td> <Td> 5000 m relay </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1993 Beijing </Td> <Td> 5000 m relay </Td> </Tr> <P> Steven John Bradbury OAM (born 14 October 1973) is an Australian former short track speed skater and four - time Olympian . He is best known for winning the 1,000 m event at the 2002 Winter Olympics after all of his opponents were involved in a last corner pile - up . He was the first athlete from Southern Hemisphere and Australian to win a Winter Olympic gold medal and was also part of the short track relay team that won Australia's first Winter Olympic medal, a bronze in 1994 . </P> <P> In 1991, Bradbury was part of the Australian quartet that won the 5,000 m relay at the World Championships in Sydney . It was the first time Australia had won a World Championship in a winter sport . </P>

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