Just to emphasise that this was an international event, the blessing of Olympic Flag by the greatest of them all Mr Muhammad Ali. ANDY MURRAY has been named as the Team GB flag-bearer for the Rio 2016 Olympics Games – even though he faces doubles action over the weekend. Steve Redgrave, right, holds the Olympic torch after entering the stadium during the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 28, 2012, in London. For an endurance athlete to stay at the pinnacle of their sport for so long is an incredible achievement. Steve Redgrave was about to blow up about the transportation system in Atlanta yesterday when the British Olympic Association poured water on his ire. As the only Briton ever to achieve this feat, he is widely considered to be Britain's greatest Olympian. Sir Matthew Clive Pinsent, CBE (/ˈpɪnsənt/; born 10 October 1970) is an English rower and broadcaster. Whitney High School. He has carried the British flag at the opening of the Olympic Games on two occasions. Although it is a rare phenomenon, some athletes come back every four years and compete at the highest level – Sir Steve Redgrave is one of them. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships golds. Since retiring, he has worked as a sports broadcaster with the BBC. [citation needed], In 2001, the International Rowing Federation awarded him the Thomas Keller Medal for Outstanding International Rowing Career. He has carried the British flag at the opening of the Olympic Games on two occasions. A fifth Olympic gold for Steve Redgrave and a third for Matthew Pinsent as Great Britain win the coxless ... Steve Redgrave celebrates his golden moment with son Zac. [13], In April 2008, Redgrave took part in the Olympic Torch relay for the games in Beijing, and he went on to be one of the final torch-bearers for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, carrying the torch into the stadium, where seven young athletes shared the task of lighting the cauldron at the opening ceremony. [22] He appeared again on the Gloriana the following month, bearing the olympic torch as it crossed the river Thames. [27][28], In 2002, his fifth Olympic gold was voted the greatest sporting moment in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Sporting Moments.[29]. [citation needed], From 1991, the crews in which he rowed became renowned for their consistent dominance, winning almost every time they raced. Olympic trivia fact: The six colours in the Olympic rings – blue, yellow, black, green, red, and the white background – were chosen because every nation’s flag contains at least one of them. Dine at The Hand & Flowers, the first gastropub to hold two Michelin stars, located on West Street. [citation needed], He starred in Top Ground Gear Force for Sport Relief in 2008, where the Top Gear Team (Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond) took on Ground Force with predictable results, and trashed his garden. In 1990, while still at Oxford, he joined Steve Redgrave in the coxless pair at the World Rowing Championships, winning bronze. Redgrave is one of only four Olympians to have won a gold medal at five consecutive Olympic Games. Haz tu selección entre imágenes premium sobre Great Olympians Sir Steve Redgrave de la más alta calidad. Henley, UK. [12], He launched his own Fairtrade Cotton Brand of clothing called FiveG, which is sold in Debenhams department stores. Redgrave has competed in the last three... Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images [citation needed], In the 2001 New Year Honours he was appointed a Knight Bachelor "for services to Rowing", which he received in Buckingham Palace from Queen Elizabeth II on 1 May 2001. [citation needed], He was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2000. Natalie rowed with the Oxford University Women's Boat Club which won the women's boat race at Henley Boat Races in 2011. The Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake was opened by him and Matthew Pinsent in 2006. His assignments have included interviewing Dwain Chambers for Inside Sport, where Chambers confessed to taking drugs,[16][17] and visiting gymnastics training centre in China where he found evidence of children being beaten, leading to IOC President Jacques Rogge to order an inquiry. [18], Pinsent has maintained his ties to rowing as an umpire or commentator of key events on the rowing calendar such as the Olympics, Henley Royal Regatta[19] and The Boat Races. [21], Steven and Ann Redgrave have three children, Natalie, Sophie and Zak. Immediately after winning the 1996 Olympic Gold Medal, he stated that if anyone found him close to a rowing boat again, they could shoot him. 2002: Salt Lake City, USA: Winter Olympics: Despite members of the IOC accepting sweetners from the NOC Salt Lake City did not lose the right to stage these games. [14], In 2012, he took up kayaking and attempted the Devizes-to-Westminster marathon kayak race, but had to withdraw halfway through due to tiredness. Redgrave is regarded as one of Britain's greatest-ever Olympians. By rowing in the winning coxless four, Steve Redgrave of Great Britain became a member of a select group who had won gold medals at five consecutive Olympics. 2001 – Gold, Coxed Pair (with James Cracknell, 1999 – Gold, Coxless Four (with James Cracknell, Ed Coode, Steve Redgrave), 1998 – Gold, Coxless Four (with James Cracknell, Tim Foster, Steve Redgrave), 1997 – Gold, Coxless Four (with James Cracknell, Tim Foster, Steve Redgrave), 1995 – Gold, Coxless Pair (with Steve Redgrave), 1994 – Gold, Coxless Pair (with Steve Redgrave), 1993 – Gold, Coxless Pair (with Steve Redgrave), 1991 – Gold, Coxless Pair (with Steve Redgrave), 1990 – Bronze, Coxless Pair (with Steve Redgrave). After finishing school, Pinsent read Geography at St Catherine's College, Oxford. At the World Rowing Championships he won nine gold medals, two silvers, and a bronze. [14] He was awarded the Thomas Keller Medal by the International Rowing Federation in 2005. While a student, he competed in three Boat Races, winning in 1990 and 1991 but unsuccessful in 1993 (when he was Boat Club President), having taken a year out in 1992 in order to concentrate on preparing for the Barcelona Olympics. In August 2000, prior to his final Olympic Games, the BBC broadcast Gold Fever, a three-part BBC documentary which had followed the coxless four in the years leading up to the Olympics. He raced again in 1988, winning the junior coxless pairs with Tim Foster. [8], The 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m), 17 stone (110 kg)[9] Pinsent had at one time the largest lung capacity recorded for a sportsman at 8.5 litres. [9], In 2000, he won his fifth consecutive Olympic Gold Medal and retired from the sport. [6] Pinsent is directly descended from Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, and thus from King Edward I and William the Conqueror. It included video diaries recording the highs and lows in the quest for gold. He won the World Championship for Indoor rowing in 1991. L. G. Pine, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1952, McMicking of Miltonise pedigree, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. [3][4], His paternal grandfather, Royal Navy Commander Clive Pinsent (1886-1948), of Edinglassie Lodge, near Huntly, Aberdeenshire,[5] was a younger son of Sir Richard Pinsent, 1st Baronet, President of the Law Society between 1918 and 1919. At Linton Village College in Cambridgeshire and Woodcote High School in Croydon, there is a school faculty (house) named after him. Sir Steve Redgrave A British rower who won a gold medal at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000, as well as an additional bronze medal in 1988. 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Mandatory Credit: Gary M. Prior/ALLSPORT Personality Kim Kardashian arrives at The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. As of 2016 he was the fourth-most decorated British Olympian, after cyclists Sir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Sir Bradley Wiggins. In 2002, he was ranked number 36 in the BBC poll of the 100 Greatest Britons, and his fifth Olympic gold was voted the greatest sporting moment in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Sporting Moments. Steve carried the flag at the opening of the Olympic Games on two occasions. Steve carried the flag at the opening of the Olympic Games on two occasions. However, he changed his mind shortly afterward, and resumed training after a four-month break. He also appeared in two epic films about World War II, The Longest Day (1962) and In Harm's Way (1965). Pinsent and Cracknell then formed a men's coxless pair and won the coxless and coxed pairs (with Neil Chugani coxing) in the 2001 World Championships, and the coxless pair in 2002. In a close race with world champions Canada, they again won gold. With five gold medals at five consecutive Games, the indomitable Steve Redgrave -- now Sir Steve Redgrave -- is Britain's greatest ever Olympian, and one of the all-time great Olympic athletes. Sir Steve Redgrave is a five times Olympic rowing gold medalist. [15], Since retiring from rowing, Pinsent has worked for the BBC as a sports bulletin presenter and reporter. Redgrave was born in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, to Geoffrey Edward Redgrave, a submariner in the Second World War who became a builder, and Sheila Marion, daughter of Harold Stevenson, a local bus driver. At the medal ceremony after the 2000 Summer Olympics he was also presented with a gold Olympic pin by IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch in recognition of his achievement.[10]. This has since been surpassed by fellow rower Pete Reed who has been measured at 9.38 litres. Legacy.com is the leading provider of online obituaries for the newspaper industry. Sir Chris Hoy was in the spotlight at the 2012 Olympics in London after leading out Team GB as the flag carrier at the opening ceremony. Sir Steve Redgrave. Steve Redgrave was a British rower who won an unprecedented 5 gold medals at 5 consecutive Olympic games between 1984 and 2000. Marlow is also home to one of Britain’s most premier rowing clubs which has produced many Olympic oarsmen including Sir Steve Redgrave whose statue stands in Higginson Park. Things to Do in Marlow. [26], Pinsent is married to Demetra Koutsoukos, a businesswoman, former partner at McKinsey & Co,[27] and current CEO of the makeup brand Charlotte Tilbury Ltd.[28] The couple met at Oxford, where Demetra was a Rhodes Scholar, from Harvard. The rower earned his knighthood after taking home a gold medal in five different Olympic Games. Pinsent was born on 10 October 1970 in Holt, Norfolk,[1] the son of Reverend Ewen Macpherson Pinsent (1930-2020),[2] curate of St Andrew's parish church, Kelso, Scottish Borders, and Jean Grizel, daughter of Major-General Neil McMicking, CB, CBE, DSO, MC, of Eastferry, Dunkeld, Perthshire, head of the McMicking gentry family of Miltonise, Dumfries and Galloway. [19], He married Ann Callaway (now Ann, Lady Redgrave) in 1988; an accomplished rower in her own right, she represented Great Britain in the women's eight at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and was Chief Medical Officer to the GB rowing team from 1992 to 2001 and since 2009 their first full-time Medical Officer. [21], In June 2012, Pinsent rowed on the Gloriana as part of the royal pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Redgrave proudly shows off his fifth gold. Sir Steve Redgrave of Great Britain is widely hailed as the greatest rower ever. At the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics Juan Antonio Samaranch, the International Olympic Committee president, declared that the Games had been the best ever. American film, stage and television actor Thomas Tryon (1926-91) was best known for his portrayal of an ambitious Catholic priest in the film The Cardinal (1963 - photo at end of post), for which he received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (Motion Picture Drama). [20] He umpired his first "Blue Boat" race in 2013. News, fixtures, scores and video. As a young man growing up in Visalia, Steve spent endless hours working in his father’s hardware store while enjoying his free time with friends hiking in the Sierra Nevada foothills. He won the Wingfield Sculls for single scullers five times between 1985 and 1989. [6] He was educated at Great Marlow School. [15], He rowed on the Gloriana as part of the royal pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. 2004: Athens, Greece: Summer Olympics: The games returned to Athens. Greece; Bronze; 50-metres; Every 4-years; United States of America; London; Tokyo in Japan; Steve Redgrave; Norway; Podium; 26 miles (and 385 yards) Archery; Paralympic Games (The Games were initially open only to athletes in wheelchairs.) Hoy was also out to take Sir Steve Redgrave’s Olympic record of five gold medals after cycling success at Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008. Pinsent was elected to the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission in 2001, replacing Jan Železný. 1999 – Gold, Coxless Four (with James Cracknell, 1998 – Gold, Coxless Four (with James Cracknell, Tim Foster, Matthew Pinsent), 1997 – Gold, Coxless Four (with James Cracknell, Tim Foster, Matthew Pinsent), 1995 – Gold, Coxless Pair (with Matthew Pinsent), 1994 – Gold, Coxless Pair (with Matthew Pinsent), 1993 – Gold, Coxless Pair (with Matthew Pinsent), 1991 – Gold, Coxless Pair (with Matthew Pinsent), 1990 – Bronze, Coxless Pair (with Matthew Pinsent), 1989 – 5th, Coxed Pairs (with Simon Berrisford and Patrick Sweeney), 1987 – Gold, Coxless Pairs (with Andy Holmes), 1987 – Silver, Coxed Pairs (with Andy Holmes and Patrick Sweeney), 1986 – Gold, Coxed Pairs (with Andy Holmes and Patrick Sweeney), 1994 – Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup, 1993 – Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup, 1991 – Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup, 1989 – Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup, 1987 – Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup, 1986 – Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup, 2001 – Received an Honorary Doctorate from, 2010 – Awarded the degree of Hon. Steve was born in Visalia, California on June 3,1954 to Jasper and Evelyn Cusenza. [citation needed]. 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. (The rings on the Olympic flag symbolize the union of the five inhabited continents.) [citation needed], Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. [citation needed], Redgrave's primary discipline was sweep rowing, in which he won Olympic Gold rowing both bowside and strokeside (port and starboard). Det engelske campingbrand designer og udvikler deres populære luftfortelte i Storbritannien, som de også opkalder efter smukke britiske strande. He attended George McCann Elementary and Mt. Due respect given, where deserved. As of 2016 he is the fourth most decorated British Olympian after cyclists Sir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Sir Bradley Wiggins. Two people have been given the honour on more than one occasion: biathlete Mike Dixon three times at the Winter Games, and rower Steve Redgrave twice for the Summer Games. He has carried the British flag at the opening of the Olympic Games on two occasions. [17], In May 2018, Redgrave assumed the High-Level Performance Director role for the Chinese Rowing Association[18] to help China's rowing team earn a gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games and two golds at Paris 2024. He began his international career at the World Rowing Junior Championships in 1987. Topics. In 2000 he won Olympic gold again as part of a coxless four with Redgrave, James Cracknell and Tim Foster. Matthew Pinsent attended Aysgarth School in North Yorkshire before he began rowing at Eton College. [24][25], In 2020 Pinsent appeared as a contestant on Series 15 of BBC Television's Celebrity Masterchef. However, after a disappointing 2003 season that saw Pinsent's first World Championships defeat since 1990, he and Cracknell moved to the men's coxless four for 2004. [20] He is the honorary president of British Rowing. [citation needed], For much of his career he suffered illness: in 1992 he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis,[7] and in 1997 he was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 2.[8].