Full name: Stephen Geoffrey "Steven" Redgrave
Gender: Male
Height: 6-3.5 (193 cm)
Weight: 227 lbs (103 kg)
Born: March 23, 1962 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, Great Britain
Affiliations: Marlow Rowing Club, Marlow (GBR)
Country: Great Britain
Sport: Rowing
Related Olympians: Husband of Ann Callaway.
Medals: 5 Gold, 1 Bronze (6 Total)
Steven Redgrave is the most titled rower in history. He first came to the fore of British rowing in 1983 when he won the Diamond Sculls, and he won an Olympic gold medal in the coxed fours the following year. Redgrave continued to compete internationally, winning gold medals at five consecutive Olympics – 1984-2000 – the only endurance athlete to make this claim. Between 1986-99, Redgrave also was a nine-time World Champion, always in a pair or four. His most frequent partner was [Matthew Pinsent] with whom he won seven World Titles and three Olympic golds in the pairs and fours. At Henley, Redgrave obliterated all records with 23 titles. He started as a sculler, and won the Diamond Challenge Sculls in 1983 and 1985. Redgrave also claimed five consecutive successes at the Wingfield Sculls from 1985-89, and seven times won the Silver Goblets and Nickalls’ Challenge Cup. At the 1986 Commonwealth Games, Redgrave uniquely won three rowing gold medals – singles, coxless pairs, and coxless fours. Steve Redgrave was a member of the Marlow Leander Rowing Club and his wife, [Ann Callaway], was a member of Britain’s women’s eight at the 1984 Olympics and later became the first woman President of the Marlow club. In 1989, he took up bobsledding and was a member of the crew which won the British 4-man championship that year. Redgrave was awarded a MBE in 1987, a CBE in 1997, and became a Knight Bachelor in 2001. |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Event | Team | NOC | Rank | Medal | |
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1984 Summer | 22 | Los Angeles | Rowing | Men's Coxed Fours | Great Britain | GBR | 1 | Gold | |
1988 Summer | 26 | Seoul | Rowing | Men's Coxless Pairs | Great Britain | GBR | 1 | Gold | |
1988 Summer | 26 | Seoul | Rowing | Men's Coxed Pairs | Great Britain | GBR | 3 | Bronze | |
1992 Summer | 30 | Barcelona | Rowing | Men's Coxless Pairs | Great Britain | GBR | 1 | Gold | |
1996 Summer | 34 | Atlanta | Rowing | Men's Coxless Pairs | Great Britain | GBR | 1 | Gold | |
2000 Summer | 38 | Sydney | Rowing | Men's Coxless Fours | Great Britain | GBR | 1 | Gold |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Partner | Phase | Unit | T |
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1988 Summer | 26 | Seoul | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Andy Holmes | Final Round | A Final | 6:36.84 |
1988 Summer | 26 | Seoul | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Andy Holmes | Semi-Finals | Heat Two | 6:45.03 |
1988 Summer | 26 | Seoul | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Andy Holmes | Round One | Heat Three | 6:42.43 |
1992 Summer | 30 | Barcelona | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Matthew Pinsent | Final Round | A Final | 6:27.72 |
1992 Summer | 30 | Barcelona | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Matthew Pinsent | Semi-Finals | Heat One | 6:31.13 |
1992 Summer | 30 | Barcelona | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Matthew Pinsent | Round One | Heat Three | 6:36.53 |
1996 Summer | 34 | Atlanta | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Matthew Pinsent | Final Round | A Final | 6:20.09 |
1996 Summer | 34 | Atlanta | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Matthew Pinsent | Semi-Finals | Heat Two | 6:50.30 |
1996 Summer | 34 | Atlanta | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Matthew Pinsent | Round One | Heat Two | 6:50.04 |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Partner | Phase | Unit | T |
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1988 Summer | 26 | Seoul | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Andy Holmes | Final Round | A Final | 7:01.95 |
1988 Summer | 26 | Seoul | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Andy Holmes | Semi-Finals | Heat Two | 7:01.51 |
1988 Summer | 26 | Seoul | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Andy Holmes | Round One | Heat Three | 7:04.04 |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | T |
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2000 Summer | 38 | Sydney | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Final Round | A Final | 5:56.24 |
2000 Summer | 38 | Sydney | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Semi-Finals | Heat One | 6:02.28 |
2000 Summer | 38 | Sydney | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Round One | Heat One | 6:01.58 |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | T |
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1984 Summer | 22 | Los Angeles | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Final Round | A Final | 6:18.64 |
1984 Summer | 22 | Los Angeles | Rowing | Great Britain | GBR | Round One | Heat Two | 6:18.79 |