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Jubilation as Pinsent climbs back to embrace Redgrave immediately after the Coxless Fours Olympic Final 2000

Quintuple Olympic Gold Medallist Rower Steven Redgrave, 39, has now proved himself the greatest Olympian Britain has ever produced. After striking Gold in Sydney he became our only athlete ever to have won Gold medals at 5 consecutive Olympic Games:

    w Gold for the Coxed Fours in Los Angeles in 1984.

    w Gold (with his previous partner Andy Holmes) in the Coxless Pairs at Seoul in 1988.

    w Gold (with partner Matthew Pinsent) in the Coxless Pairs at the Barcelona Olympics in 1999.

    w Gold (again with Pinsent) at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.

    w Gold in the coxless four at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

In addition to his Olympic successes and following four unbeaten seasons from 1993 to 1996, Steve (and partner Matthew Pinsent) won his 9th World Championship Gold in August 1999 in St Catherines, Canada.

A balancing act with Mathew Pinsent and Tim Foster © John H ShoreHis previous World Championship Golds were in 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1998. He has also won many other honours in the sport over the past 11 years, including the Henley Royal Regatta Diamond Sculls several times and the Silver Goblets a record 7 times.

In 1986, Steve became a Triple Commonwealth Gold Medallist at Edinburgh, winning the Single Sculls, Coxless Pairs, and Coxed Fours. His other sporting interests include golf and winter sports; during the 1989/90 season, he was a member of the British Bobsleigh Team.

Together with partner Matthew Pinsent, Steve is the holder of the World Record in the Coxless Pairs, set in Lucerne in 1994 and the Olympic Record, set in Atlanta in 1996. They have an exclusive sponsorship deal with Lombard, which has allowed them to devote all their time to training for international regattas and to winning more honours for Great Britain. Theannouncement of Steve's 2000 Olympic bid. Ann approves - sort of! © John H Shore

Already established as the world's most outstanding oarsman of all time after his Atlanta victory, Steve announced in 1997 that he had decided to carry on competing through to the Millennium Games in Sydney in 2000.  He did, and won his 5th consecutive Olympic Gold Medal - a feat which has confirmed him as one of the greatest athletes in Olympic history.

Steve was awarded the MBE in the New Year's Honours List in 1987 and the CBE in the New Year's Honours List of 1997. The University of Durham also awarded him an Honorary Degree in December 1996. In the 2001 New Year's Honours List he Frances Smith, who introduced Sir Steven to rowing, at the Appeal launchreceived a Knighthood, and has announced his retirement from competitive rowing.

Off the water, Steve has a busy career representing commercial companies in a PR and promotional capacity at corporate receptions and trade fairs, while his exceptional public image makes him an ideal celebrity for product endorsement. He is also a very popular after-dinner and motivational speaker.

Further information about Sir Steven Redgrave can be found on his website, or in his autobiography 'A Golden Age'.  Published by BBC Worldwide Ltd.