Steve Fonyo claim to fame
- Real Name: Steve Fonyo
- Category: Sports Heroes
- Submitted by: weht.net admin
- Posted Date: 2004-09-16
- Last Modified: 2011-12-01
Where are they now?
He retired from marathons after a follow-up run across Great Britain in 1986/87 and was awarded the Order of Canadain 1987. Alas, his life took a turn for the tragic, becoming mired in alchohol and drug abuse he suffered from depression and was nearly suicidal. In 1997 he was facing numerous criminal charges including firearms offenses, assault with a deadly weapon, fraud and theft. He received an 18 month suspended sentence, cleaned up his life, going on to study aircraft maintenance and obtain his helicopter pilot's license. He currenty lives in a cabin on Cultus Lake and is the head mechanic for a limousine company.
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October 08, 2008 at 8:47 pm, randyman said:
Saw Steve (Fonyo) today in Vancouver on the Skytrain sporting a Canada Post uniform. (Answering his cell phone as ‘Steve Fonyo’ and walked with a definite limp).
I don’t think he is a mechanic any longer.
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October 09, 2008 at 6:09 pm, Rengod said:
I believe he is cleaning up floors on a construction site at U.B.C.
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October 09, 2008 at 9:00 pm, Tbo said:
He is working as a laborer at UBC on the new Biodiversity building
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March 30, 2009 at 12:47 pm, JJ said:
I am a film/tv producer trying to track down Mr.Fonyo. If you have any info please email: jason@resonancefilms.ca
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June 22, 2009 at 11:33 pm, Diesel said:
Steve fonyo now getting his life life back together still working as a mechanic at Trans canada Auto and transmission in Surrey Bc.
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August 17, 2009 at 11:20 pm, stickerlady said:
Just to let you know that the last sighting of Steve is incorrect. Diesel don’t have a clue or should I say didn’t have a clue but I’m sure he does now cause he’s a good friend of mine. Steve and I recently had a relationship that only lasted months. We had known each other for about a year and had become good friends when we decided to give a relationship a try and we moved in together in May. Well it didn’t take long to find out that this decission was a big mistake. From may to August Steve had gotten in so much trouble that I had tried to call off the relationship countless times. On my birthday which is in July Steve beat my head in and as I was being taken away in a ambulance the police got in and told me that Steve was not being arrested for it. Just another thing that Steve got away with. Then I tried to call it off again and he came after me again. This time the police took him to jail. He had broken my frount room window to gain entery. And our landlord was already pissed off at us for the amount of times that the police were called to our residence. But each time they had to remove Steve from here. So he now has been charged with assulting me and when he got out with conditions of not contacting me he came straight here and smashed the window of my car and took off in it. The police then again arrested him for breach. And again he was let out just to come back again the police were doing a check and again they found Steve here and arrested him again for a breach to which he is still in custody for today(Aug17). On top of all that Steve has over 3 Vehicles in the city impound yard right now and numerous new charges of driving while prohibited. He has been working on and off at United Truck and Trailer repair for the passed many years and his boss and friend has put up with Steve not showing up, getting countless advances, and the police showing up there for him over and over again but still he keeps him working most of the time.
So just to keep you and all the site vistors up-to-date on “WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO STEVE FONYO” now you’ll all know.
If you have any questions or comments on this particular posting please feel free to write me my e-mail is: stickersinc078@hotmail.com and I will answer every response.
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August 31, 2009 at 10:23 pm, Anonymous said:
WELL AS OF AUGUST 30TH 2009, THE ASSULT THAT STEVE WAS LAST UP ON WAS ON A FEMALE THAT I’M SURE NO-ONE KNEW ABOUT. AND AS OF TODAY STEVE IS UP ON ANOTHER BREACH AND OFF TO JAIL AGAIN. BECAUSE HE BROKE HIS CONDITONS OF NO-CONTACT ONCE AGAIN WITH ME AND I HAD TO CALL THE POLICE AFTER A DRUNKEN STEVE FONYO LET HIMSELF INTO MY RESIDENCE AND PROCEEEDED TO CAUSE TROUBLE WHILE I HAD COMPANY OVER THAT WITNESSED THE WHOLE THING. THE POLICE WERE HERE TODAY TO TAKE STATEMENTS FROM ME AND MY GUESTS OVER THIS AND HE HAS NOW CALLED ME SAYING THAT HE HAS CALLED A PRESS CONFRENCE TO TELL EVERYONE WHAT A BITCH I AM. FIGURE THAT ONE OUT. PLEASE ANYONE THAT’S INTERESTED IN MY STORIES I’LL BE GLAD TO SHOW YOU THE PICTURES FROM THE ASSULT I HAVE AND PROVIDE ANY WITNESSES THAT ARE NEEDED TO TELL ANYONE MY STORIES ARE 100 PERCENT THE TRUTH. UNLIKE ANYTHING MR. FONYO SAYS
LISA
E-MAIL; STICKERSINC07@HOTMAIL.COM
OR FOR QUICKER RESPONSE PLEASE CALL LISA 604-584-1995 ANYTIME
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September 09, 2009 at 8:59 pm, stickerslisa said:
Hi there
I just wanted to keep you fans up to date om Steve, right now Steve is in jail again in Surrey, B.C.
After breaching his conditions time and time again he’s back in jail. Why is he in jail you may be asking yourself? Well this time it is a assult charge.. Not just on anyone but this was on the women he had asked him to marry him complete with a diamond engagement ring and the works. I know this first hand I’m that women. When I first met Steve it was a great friendship and we became really good friends. Talked all the time and he was so easy to talk to that it wasn’t hard to fall in love with him. He kept telling me that he was “crazy about me” and he’d tell all the neighbours and friends the same thing. After a while we decided to move in together. We where both very happy about this next step. But after only a few months I really got to see the side of Steve that no one had every seen. Steve doesn’t trust ANYONE this included the women that he wanted to marry. I had to defend myself everyday to him about everything I did or said that it became a problem. The abuse got physical and that’s when I had to get out quick. Please don’t get me wrong. I admire Steve for what he’s done and he’s really a good man but he has told me about the many problems and scares that the run had left on him that he has never been able to let go of. Steve needs help not only me but my friends and family also saw this too. And it hasn’t been easy to let go of him I really fell for him hard and everyday I think of him and hope someday we can be friends again like we use to be cause I really want the best for him.
thanks
stickersinc07@hotmail.com
Lisa
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April 02, 2010 at 6:16 pm, Marj said:
On March 31, CBC Radio aired a documentary about the aftermath of Steve’s downfall called “Return To Normal”. Did you know he was actually stripped of his Order of Canada Medallion? Sad story.
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October 07, 2010 at 9:50 am, guyincourtenay said:
Fonyo’s brushes with the law have been well documented. In 1996, he pleaded guilty to 16 charges for offences in Edmonton, including assault with a weapon, aggravated assault, fraud for writing bad cheques totalling $10,000 to supermarkets and possession of a stolen vehicle. He has also been convicted at least five times of impaired driving and seven times of driving without a licence, most recently in the fall of 2008.
On Aug.13, 2009, Fonyo, who was last known to have been working as a heavy-machinery mechanic, appeared in Surrey Provincial Court charged with one count of assault. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one day in jail. He was credited for 10 days already served. He was also subject to a one-year probation order. But just five days later, the 44-year-old was back in Surrey court, having breached his conditions. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 14 days in jail.
His membership in the Order of Canada was revoked in December 2009.
On January 27, 2010, Fonyo gave a brief telephone interview to CTV News from the Surrey Remand Centre, where he was serving the balance of his sentence on an assault charge after breach of his parole. Fonyo stated it was wrong to have his Order of Canada revoked, as it was given to him for something he had previously done.
On August 6, 2010, Fonyo was again arrested for fraud.
On August 28, 2010, Fonyo married Lisa Greenwood on the Victoria beach where he completed his 1985 run. Initially, several Victoria residents were rallying to pay for this wedding, until it was found Greenwood was an ex-parolee herself.
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June 29, 2011 at 1:29 pm, melody said:
2011-6-29 tODAY is steves 46th birthday. He is married and living in Surrey. As far as I know, still working as a mechanic and is relatively happy. As family we do what we can to help steve to a point that we can offer assistance. As far as I know Steve is off of drugs and alcohol for the time being. if you have any personal messages to send to him I can forward them to him.
Melody Kruppa, his niece (sister suzannes daughter)
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September 25, 2012 at 5:48 am, t said:
Melody, why did this happen to him? Just drug addiction or something more?