Steven Jeffrey Baccus (born 20 November 1977) is a Seychellois former weightlifter and Olympian.

Competing in the men's 83 kg event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Steven finished in sixteenth position with a total weight lifted of 260 kg.

Steven Baccus

Baccus competed in each of the six Indian Ocean Island Games held from 1998 to 2019, and won three gold medals at each of the games. His eighteen gold medals made him the most successful Seychellois athlete in the history of the games. He qualified for the 2019 African Games but withdrew due to injury.

Steven Baccus

In September 2020, Baccus announced his retirement from weightlifting for medical reasons.

Steven Baccus

In 2004, Baccus won the Seychellois sportsman of the year award.

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1977 births

Living people

Seychellois male weightlifters

Olympic weightlifters for Seychelles

Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Competitors at the 2019 African Games

African Games competitors for Seychelles

20th-century Seychellois people

21st-century Seychellois people