STEVE MCCONKEY | INFO

October 19, 1955

Born in Des Moines, Iowa

1961

Dunlap Elementary

1967-68

Two Dunlap field trips to the Drake Relays, a world-class track and field event, in Des Moines.

1968

Moved to the Danbury, Wisconsin area after the sixth grade, near Dairyland. 

1968

Webster Junior High School (WI)

1970

Webster High School (WI)

1971

Started distance running. Competed in cross country and track. Steve ran 70,256 miles from 1971 through 2019, forty-eight years at 4.01 miles per day.

1974

Graduated with honors from Webster High School (WI).

1975

University of Wisconsin-Superior. Competed in cross country and track.

1976

After reading a free New Testament at the Rothwell Student Center on the UWS campus, Steve became a Christian.

1977

Minnesota State University. Competed in cross country and track. In summary, Steve ran at Webster High School (71-73), the University of Wisconsin-Superior (75-76), and finished at powerhouse Minnesota State University (77-78). In 1977, MSU was third at the NCAA Division 2 Cross Country Championships.

1980

BS-Community Health with honors from Minnesota State University.

1980

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green. Steve was a graduate assistant coach for cross country and track. The cross country team finished first in the Ohio Valley Conference with a perfect fifteen points and placed sixth at the NCAA Division 1 Cross Country Championships.

1981

Master of Public Health with honors from Western Kentucky University.

1982

Moved to Eugene, Oregon to become USA National Track and Field Club Coach for Athletes in Action.

1983

Moved to Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas to become USA National Track and Field Club Coach for Lay Witnesses for Christ.

1984

Moved to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

1988

4 Winds Christian Athletics started, now 4 WINDS USA. Steve was the USA National Track and Field Club Coach.

1992

From 1982 through 1992, Steve was a successful USA National Track and Field Club Coach for Athletes in Action (82-83), Lay Witnesses for Christ (83-88), and 4 Winds Christian Athletics (88-92). Team centers were in Eugene (OR), Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), and Minneapolis-St. Paul (MN). After 1992, 4 Winds Christian Athletics dropped the team to work with athletes on all teams.

1996

In 1996, Steve and Liz McConkey were 75 yards from the Olympic bomb in Atlanta. Minutes before the bomb went off, they saw a man with an Army bag. After that, they saw Richard Jewell pushing people back and they stopped going in the direction of where the bomb went off. The FBI interviewed them days later. 

1997

While running near Danbury, Wisconsin in the summer of 1997, Steve saw two bears come out of the woods 175 feet in front of him. One chased him into the lake. He went out 20 feet from the shoreline and walked 200 feet as he threw muck at its face. Eventually, a pontoon picked him up.

2003

In 2003, Steve started fighting against the International Olympic Committee’s transgender policies. He was the only person who stood against this publicly. Since then, he has fought against transgender athletes and the transgender surgery-hormone treatments of minors. 

2006

4 WINDS USA moved to Madison, Wisconsin.

2008

Before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Steve fought the Chinese government after news circulated that they were not going to allow Bibles in the Olympic Village. Afterwards, China cleared up the confusion. 

2008

Before and during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, 4 WINDS USA put athlete testimonies into the Chinese underground church of 110 million people. Those athletes won many medals. After their events, they shared the gospel worldwide. 

2019

In 2019, Steve asked Rasmussen to do a poll on transgender athletes. It was the first poll that was done on the subject in the United States. At that time, only 28% of Americans were for transgender athletes.

2026

Over the years, Steve had hundreds of worldwide radio, article, and TV interviews. He has worked through eleven Olympics. Website is 4WindsUSA.com.

2026

Steve’s first Olympics was in Los Angeles in 1984. The Olympics will be held in Los Angeles in 2028.  

1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God.

2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. His virgin birth, sinless life, vicarious and atoning death through his shed blood, bodily resurrection, ascension to the right hand of the Father, and his personal return in power and glory.

4. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful humanity, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.

5. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.

6. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, those who are saved unto the resurrection of life, and those who are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.

7. We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

“But test everything; hold fast what is good.” (1 Thessalonians 5:21)

We pray all is well. Thanks for your prayers and support. We are grateful as we make progress. After standing since 2003, the International Olympic Committee has banned transgender athletes. Also, they will implement a once in a lifetime chromosome test to make sure women athletes are women. 

Our ministry is mostly in track and field. This past summer, track and field implemented the chromosome test at the World Track and Field Championships. It went well. 

We had over 412 worldwide interviews during the last years. We saw the Olympic Committee shift to many policies since 2003. Basic scientific facts were ignored.

We are grateful for our supporters and those in the media that gave us a voice. In 2019, we asked Rasmussen to do the first poll on transgender athletes. In 2022, various athletes started to speak up. 

From 2003 until then, we were basically the lone voices. Now, many are speaking up. Where were they when it counted. God gave us the strength and insight to not cave-in. Thanks for your prayers as we serve Him. 

We cannot give up. There are 23 states who still support transgender athletes. Also, if the Democrats get back in control, who knows what is next. In Finland, the Supreme Court convicted a former MP politician of hate speech for her views on homosexuality. In Canada, a school trustee was fined $750,000 for his views on transgenders. We are living in difficult times. 

Below are various positions through the years in our dealings with the International Olympic Committee. They work with the United Nations on various projects pushing Agenda 2030. However, the current leader Kristy Coventry seems to be conservative and going in the right direction. Time will tell. Thanks again. Steve and Liz McConkey

--After hitchhiking in April 1976 to the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Steve sat with Bruce Jenner, his first wife, and ten others. Jenner destroyed the decathlon record. In that group were his fellow competitors who talked about their events with Jenner. He went on to win the 1976 Olympic decathlon gold while setting the world record. Steve morally opposes the transgender movement.

--In 2003, Steve started fighting against the International Olympic Committee’s transgender policies. He was the only person who stood against this publicly. Steve called various IOC members and was in contact with the USA Olympic Committee. From there, the transgender sports movement spread to high schools, all the way to the Olympics. Steve has fought this agenda every step of the way.

--Before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Steve fought the Chinese government after news circulated that they were not going to allow Bibles in the Olympic Village. Afterwards, China cleared up the confusion. There was a worldwide article released by the Associated Press on the subject.

--Before and during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, 4 WINDS USA put athlete testimonies into the Chinese underground church of 110 million people. Those athletes won many medals. After their events, they shared the gospel worldwide. Steve was contacted by a Chinese pastor to get the testimonies while mowing the lawn.

--Steve tried to sue the International Olympic Committee before the 2016 Olympics in Rio to stop the women’s 800m race. However, the lawyers said that he could not because he did not have a vested interest in the race. Steve was concerned that intersex athletes (not transgender) would sweep the race. That is exactly what happened as they had high untested testosterone levels. This was a turning point as Olympic sports organizations started to pay attention.

--In 2019, Steve asked Rasmussen to do a poll on transgender athletes. It was the first poll that was done on the subject in the United States. At that time, only 28% of Americans were for transgender athletes.

--In March 2022, Steve went to Washington DC to talk to elected officials. He asked them to go beyond stopping transgender athletes and to include the dangers of transgender hormones and surgeries on minors in future bills, charging those who promote this. Later, Steve visited forty-five elected officials at the Wisconsin Capitol and went to other state capitals giving them the same message. Twenty-seven states have stopped transgender athletes. President Trump signed an executive order stopping transgender athletes.

--During the 2024 Olympics, Steve opposed the International Olympic Committee for telling the media to not use certain words to address athletes, including the words “transgender and born male or female." Also, he provided evidence that the United Nations and the Olympic Committee work together to implement the radical 2030 Agenda.

--During the 2026 Winter Olympics, Steve opposed the Olympic Committee, USA Figure Skating, USA Hockey and USA Speedskating for changing the name of the Ice House to Winter House. The Ice House was the USA hospitality center at the Olympics. They changed the name because they did not want people to think it referred to ICE agents, as some were working at the Games.