Steve Redgrave

Sir Stephen Geoffrey Redgrave, or less formally Steve Redgrave, (born 23 March 1962 in Marlow, England), is 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. As the only Briton ever to achieve this feat, he is widely considered to be Britain's greatest Olympian. Only four other Olympians achieved the same: Pál Kovács, Aladár Gerevich, Reiner Klimke and Birgit Fischer. Redgrave also won a bronze medal with Holmes in the coxed pairs in 1988. He has won nine Rowing World Championship gold medals.

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23 March - 1962 - Marlow - England - British - Rower - Olympic Games - 1984 - 2000 - Pál Kovács - Aladár Gerevich - Reiner Klimke - Birgit Fischer

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His feats in the last four years of his career are even more outstanding if it is taken into account that Redgrave has been suffering from ulcerative colitis and, since 1997, diabetes causing unforeseeable bouts of fatigue when rowing.

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Ulcerative colitis - 1997 - Diabetes

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In 1989/90 he was a member of the British bobsleigh team.

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In 2000, he won his fifth consecutive Olympic Gold Medal, and retired as one of the greatest rowers of all time and became the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. He made an MBE in 1987, CBE in 1997 and knighted in 2001.

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2000 - BBC Sports Personality of the Year - MBE

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