Matthew Pinsent

Sir Matthew Pinsent

Personal information
Birth name	Matthew Clive Pinsent
Nationality	British
Born	(1970-10-10) 10 October 1970 (age 46) Holt, Norfolk, England, UK
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) (2004)
Weight	17 st (110 kg) (2004)
Website	www.matthewpinsent.com
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Men's rowing
Event(s)	Coxless pair, coxless four
College team	Oxford University Boat Club
Club	Leander Club
Coached by	Jürgen Gröbler
Retired	2004
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Coxless pair 1996 Atlanta Coxless pair 2000 Sydney Coxless four 2004 Athens Coxless four World Rowing Championships 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 2001 Lucerne Coxless pair 2001 Lucerne Coxed pair 2002 Seville Coxless pair 1989 Bled Coxed four 1990 Tasmania Coxless pair

Sir Matthew Clive Pinsent CBE (/ˈpɪnˌsənt/; born 10 October 1970) is an English rower and broadcaster. During his rowing career, he won 10 world championship gold medals and four consecutive Olympic gold medals, of which three were with Sir Steve Redgrave.

Since retiring, he has worked as a sports broadcaster with the BBC.

Pinsent was born in Holt, Norfolk, the son of Reverend Ewen Macpherson Pinsent, curate of St Andrew's parish church.

His grandfather Clive Pinsent was a younger son of Sir Richard Pinsent, 1st Baronet, President of the Law Society between 1918 and 1919. Pinsent is directly descended from Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and thus from King Edward I and William the Conqueror. Sir George Anson is also an ancestor.

Matthew Pinsent attended Aysgarth School in North Yorkshire before he began rowing at Eton College. He began his international career at the Junior World Rowing Championships in 1987. He raced again in 1988, winning the junior coxless pairs with Tim Foster.

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