Stephen Stanley Bate (born 24 August 1977) is a New Zealand–British Paralympic cyclist who competes in tandem races as an athlete with a visual impairment.

[6] Bate was introduced to the ideas of para-cycling by friend and Great Britain team member Karen Darke; both of whom have conquered El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.

Bate has climbed the rock face 3 times including a solo ascent of Zodiac, becoming the first visually impaired person to achieve this.

[9] At the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, Bate competed with sighted pilot Christopher Latham in the men's pursuit B.

[10] Bate was born (in 1977) and brought up in New Zealand and attended Mount Albert Grammar School, from 1991-1994, before moving to Moray in Scotland in adulthood.