Steve Redgrave

Sir Steve Redgrave
CBE DL

Redgrave in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Steven Geoffrey Redgrave
Nationality	British
Born	(1962-03-23) 23 March 1962 (age 54) Marlow, Buckinghamshire, UK
Education	Great Marlow School
Occupation	Rower
Height	6 ft 4.75 in (1.9495 m)
Weight	16 st 2 lb (103 kg) (2000)
Spouse(s)	Ann Redgrave
Website	www.steveredgrave.com
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Men's Rowing
Club	Marlow Rowing Club Leander Club
Team	GB Rowing Team
Coached by	Mike Spracklen Jürgen Gröbler
Retired	2000
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.

Sir Steven "Steve" Geoffrey Redgrave CBE DL (born on 23 March 1962) is a retired British 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 regarded as one of Britain's greatest-ever Olympians, 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.

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

Redgrave was born in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, to Geoffrey Edward Redgrave, a submariner in World War II who became a builder, and Sheila Marion daughter of Harold Stevenson, a local bus driver. In 1887 his great grandparents, Harry and Susannah Redgrave, migrated to Marlow from Bramfield, Suffolk. He was educated at Great Marlow School. His birthday falls on the same day as many other notable British sportspersons, such as Sir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Mo Farah.