Steven Charles Furniss (born December 21, 1952) is an American former swimmer, business owner, Olympic bronze medalist and world record-holder.

At Foothill High he broke conference records on the Varsity Swim Squad by his Junior year, and excelled on the water polo and golf teams, graduating in June 1971.

[7] DeLong considered Steve one of the top five or six high school swimmers in the nation, expecting him to make the All-American team with his best events the 200-yard individual medley, and the 400-yard freestyle, where he held the record in the Southern Section of his CIF conference.

[2] In late August 1970, Steve also competed with the Philips 66 team in the National AAU Swimming Championship in Los Angeles, where he qualified for the finals, placing sixth with a time of 4:44.94.

Rod Strachan, who swam with Steve at Foothill High, and also attended USC, won the gold medal in the 400 IM in 1976 and led in the preliminaries.

[12][17] Beginning in the Fall of 1971, Furniss swam competitively and studied business at University of Southern California, and considered applying to dental school, graduating in 1975.

In his first NCAA championship meet as only a Freshman in 1971, he placed a close second in the 200 and 400-yard individual medly to world class swimmer, Gary Hall.

[18] During the full span of his college career at USC from around 1971-75, Steve took four individual medley titles in NCAA competition, and set two world records as a Trojan, described earlier.