A Dutch Olympian athlete convicted of raping a child in Britain nearly a decade ago has been barred from entering Australia to compete in an upcoming beach volleyball competition.
Steven van de Velde was convicted in 2016 and sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to raping a 12-year-old British girl he had met on social media. He was 19 years old at the time. He served just over a year of his sentence before returning to professional volleyball in 2018.
