Statue of Steve Ovett on Marine Drive Promenade, Brighton.

A life-sized statue depicting Brighton-born Olympic athlete Steve Ovett in the running position. The sculpture was modelled in clay from original photographic and video references and cast in bronze using the lost wax method.

From Wikipedia:

Stephen Michael James Ovett, OBE (/oʊˈvɛt/; born 9 October 1955) is a retired British track athlete. A middle-distance runner, he was the gold medalist in the 800 metres at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. Ovett set five world records for 1500 metres and the mile run, and a world best at two miles. He won 45 consecutive 1500 and mile races from 1977 to 1980.

Object description
Type: Statue
Location: Marine Drive Promenade, Brighton
Material: Bronze
Artist: Peter Webster (b.1958)
Date: 2012

Image Details
Date: 2 July 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 40mm
Aperture: ƒ/5
Shutter Speed: 1/1,000s
ISO: 220
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International