Steve Redgrave

Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave CBE DL (born 23 March 1962) is a British retired rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships golds. He is the most successful male rower in Olympic history, and the only man to have won gold medals at five Olympic Games in an endurance sport.

Steve Redgrave
Redgrave in 2011
Personal information
Full nameSteven Geoffrey Redgrave
NationalityBritish
Born (1962-03-23) 23 March 1962
Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
EducationGreat Marlow School
OccupationRower
Height6 ft 4.75 in (1.95 m)
Weight16 st 2 lb (103 kg) (2000)
SpouseAnn Redgrave
Websitewww.steveredgrave.com
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportMen's Rowing
ClubMarlow Rowing Club
Leander Club
TeamGB Rowing Team
Coached byMike Spracklen
Jürgen Gröbler
Retired2000
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles Coxed four
1988 Seoul Coxless pair
1992 Barcelona Coxless pair
1996 Atlanta Coxless pair
2000 Sydney Coxless four
1988 Seoul Coxed pair
World Championships
1986 Nottingham Coxed pair
1987 Copenhagen Coxless pair
1991 Vienna Coxless pair
1993 Račice Coxless pair
1994 Indianapolis Coxless pair
1995 Tampere Coxless pair
1997 Aiguebelette Coxless four
1998 Cologne Coxless Four
1999 St. Catharines Coxless four
1987 Copenhagen Coxed pair
1989 Bled Coxless pair
1990 Tasmania Coxless pair
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
1986 Edinburgh Single sculls
1986 Edinburgh Coxless pair
1986 Edinburgh Coxed four
Updated on 6 November 2016.

Redgrave is regarded as one of Britain's greatest-ever Olympians. As of 2016 he was the fourth-most decorated British Olympian, after cyclists Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Jason Kenny and Sir Bradley Wiggins. He has carried the British flag at the opening of the Olympic Games on two occasions. In 2002, he was ranked number 36 in the BBC poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. He received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year – Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.

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