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{{short description|British rower (born 1962)}}
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{{Medal|Gold | [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair|Coxless pair]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair|Coxless pair]] }}
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{{Medal|Gold | [[1986 World Rowing Championships|1986 Nottingham]] | Coxed pair }}
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{{Medal|Gold | [[1991 World Rowing Championships|1991 Vienna]] | Coxless pair }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1993 World Rowing Championships|1993 Račice]] | Coxless pair }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1994 World Rowing Championships|1994 Indianapolis]] | Coxless pair }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1995 World Rowing Championships|1995 Tampere]] | Coxless pair }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1997 World Rowing Championships|1997 Aiguebelette]] | Coxless four }}
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{{Medal|Gold | [[1999 World Rowing Championships|1999 St. Catharines]] | Coxless four }}
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'''Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave''' (born 23 March 1962) is a British retired [[Rowing (sport)|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 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.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2000/ROWING/news/2000/09/item20000924130743_1.htm "Redgrave to end golden rowing career"]. ABC. Retrieved 28 July 2012</ref><ref name=knighted>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1306205.stm |title=Queen honours Redgrave |work=BBC News |date=1 May 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1381089.stm |title=Sir Steve steps out for diabetes |work=BBC News |date=10 June 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2420368/Olympics-London-want-Redgrave-in-driving-seat.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822194035/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2420368/Olympics-London-want-Redgrave-in-driving-seat.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 August 2009 |title=Olympics: London want Redgrave in driving seat |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=6 September 2003 |first=Simon |last=Hart |access-date=24 May 2010}}</ref>

Redgrave is regarded as one of Britain's greatest-ever Olympians. Celebrated as the most decorated and successful British Olympian in history at the time of his retirement in 2000, as of 2025 he is the fifth-most successful British Olympian, after cyclists Sir [[Chris Hoy]], who was the first British Olympian to break his record in 2012, Sir [[Jason Kenny]], who took on the record himself in 2020, Sir [[Bradley Wiggins]] who briefly took his title as the most decorated British Olympian in 2012, and Dame [[Laura Kenny]], the only British woman to have won five Olympic gold medals; Redgrave is the only one of the five was not a track cyclist. He has [[List of flag bearers for Great Britain at the Olympics|carried the British flag]] at the [[opening of the Olympic Games]] on two occasions. In 2002, he was ranked number 36 in the [[BBC]] poll of the [[100 Greatest Britons]].<ref name="bbc100">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/genres/factual/history |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021204214727/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/greatbritons/list.shtml/ |archive-date=4 December 2002 |title=BBC – Great Britons – Top 100 |work=[[Internet Archive]] |url-status=live |access-date=19 July 2017}}</ref> He received the [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award|BBC Sports Personality of the Year – Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2011.

Although he raced in a series of different pairs and foursomes, Redgrave's career is most closely associated with long-term colleague and fellow knight of the realm, [[Matthew Pinsent|Sir Matthew Pinsent]], with whom he won three of his Olympic gold medals, and seven of his World Championship titles.

==Early life and education==
[[File:Marlow 002.JPG|thumb|upright|Statue of Redgrave in Higginson Park, [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire|Marlow]]]]

Redgrave was born in [[Marlow, Buckinghamshire]], to Geoffrey Edward Redgrave, a [[submarine]]r in the [[Second World War]] who became a builder, and Sheila Marion, daughter of Harold Stevenson, a local bus driver. His great-grandparents Harry and Susannah Redgrave moved to Marlow from [[Bramfield, Suffolk]], in 1887.<ref name="Ancestry">[http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/contents/olympicsteveredgraveancestry Ancestry.com Steve Redgrave]</ref> He was educated at [[Great Marlow School]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sir Steve Redgrave visits Great Marlow School {{!}} Great Marlow School Website|url=https://www.gms.bucks.sch.uk/?p=3330|access-date=27 March 2021|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Rowing career==
Redgrave's primary discipline was [[Sweep (rowing)|sweep rowing]], in which he won Olympic Gold rowing both bowside and strokeside ([[port and starboard]]).{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

From 1991, the crews in which he rowed became renowned for their consistent dominance, winning almost every time they raced. Profiles of the Redgrave-Pinsent pairing in particular reflected their perceived invulnerability, arguing "the best pair in the world today is Steve Redgrave, and whomever Steve Redgrave chooses to row with. The second best pair is Matthew Pinsent, and whomever Matthew Pinsent chooses to row with"; the pair were not only widely considered the best pair in the world at their peak, but the best two individual sweep rowers.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Great Olympic Duos the secret behind Redgrave and Pinsent | url=https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/great-olympic-duos-the-secret-behind-redgrave-and-pinsent | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703141812/https://olympics.com/ioc/news/great-olympic-duos-the-secret-behind-redgrave-and-pinsent | access-date=2025-08-04 | archive-date=2023-07-03}}</ref>

For much of his career he suffered illness: in 1992 he was diagnosed with [[ulcerative colitis]],<ref name="RedgraveCC">{{cite news |title=Sir Steve Redgrave |url=https://www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/about-us/ambassadors-celebrity-supporters/sir-steve-redgrave |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020135703/https://www.crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/about-us/ambassadors-celebrity-supporters/sir-steve-redgrave |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 October 2017 |publisher=Crohn's and Colitis UK |access-date=20 October 2017}}</ref> and in 1997 he was diagnosed with [[diabetes mellitus type 2]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gallen |first1=Ian W. |last2=Redgrave |first2=Ann |last3=Redgrave |first3=Sir Steven |title=Olympic Diabetes |journal=Clinical Medicine |publisher=Royal College of Physicians |volume=3 |number=4 |pages=333–337 |date=July 2003 |doi=10.7861/clinmedicine.3-4-333|pmid=12938747 |pmc=5351948 }}</ref>

===Olympic Games===
Redgrave won gold medals at five consecutive [[Olympic Games]] from 1984 to 2000, plus a bronze medal at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]].

Immediately after winning the 1996 Olympic Gold Medal, he stated in a televised interview that if anyone found him close to a rowing boat again, "you have my permission to shoot me". However, he changed his mind shortly afterward, and resumed training after a four-month break.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2011/dec/07/50-stunning-moments-steve-redgrave |title=50 stunning Olympic moments No4: Steve Redgrave's fifth gold medal |work=The Guardian |date=7 December 2011 |access-date=6 January 2012 |location=London |first=Rob |last=Bagchi}}</ref> The gold medal achieved by him and [[Matthew Pinsent]] in the coxless pair at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta 1996]] games was particularly notable for being [[Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics|the only gold medal achieved by the entire British Olympic team across all sports during that particular Olympic games]].

In 2000, he won his fifth consecutive Olympic Gold Medal and retired from the sport. In August 2000, prior to his final Olympic Games, the [[BBC]] broadcast ''[[Gold Fever (British TV series)|Gold Fever]]'', a three-part [[BBC]] documentary which had followed the coxless four in the years leading up to the Olympics. It included video diaries recording the highs and lows in the quest for gold, the switch from a pair to a four, and Redgrave's struggles with a series of debilitating conditions. 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/rowing_and_water_sports/937079.stm |title=Redgrave's Golden Glory |publisher=BBC |date=23 September 2000 |access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref>

===World Championships===
At the [[World Rowing Championships]] he won nine gold medals, two silvers, and a bronze.

He won the World Championship for [[Indoor rowing]] in 1991.<ref>[http://www.crash-b.org/histwinners.htm CRASH-B Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championships Historical Winners] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818212006/http://www.crash-b.org/histwinners.htm |date=18 August 2007}}</ref>

===Henley Royal Regatta===
He competed at [[Henley Royal Regatta]] for more than two decades, winning: the [[Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup]] for coxless pairs seven times (twice with [[Andy Holmes]], once with [[Simon Berrisford]] and four times with [[Matthew Pinsent]]); the [[Stewards' Challenge Cup]] for coxless fours five times; the [[Diamond Challenge Sculls]] twice; the [[Prince Philip Challenge Cup]] for coxed fours twice; the [[Double Sculls Challenge Cup]] with [[Eric Sims]] then with [[Adam Clift]]; and the [[Queen Mother Challenge Cup]] for quadruple sculls.<ref>{{cite web | title=Henley Royal Regatta &#124; Sporting Career &#124; Sir Steve Redgrave CBE | url=https://steveredgrave.com/achievements_hrr.html }}</ref>

===Wingfield Sculls===
He won the [[Wingfield Sculls]] for single scullers five times between 1985 and 1989.

==Life after rowing==
In April 2006 Redgrave completed his third [[London Marathon]], raising a record £1,800,000 for charity.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

He starred in ''[[Top Ground Gear Force]]'' for Sport Relief in 2008, where the ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' Team ([[Jeremy Clarkson]], [[James May]] and [[Richard Hammond]]) took on ''Ground Force'' with predictable results, and trashed his garden.<ref name="Redgrave 1" />

He launched his own Fairtrade Cotton Brand of clothing called FiveG, which was sold in [[Debenhams]] department stores.<ref name="Redgrave 1">{{cite web |title=Steve Redgrave website |url=http://www.steveredgrave.com/fiveg.html |access-date=18 January 2011}}</ref>

He was involved in starting a rowing academy in India at [[Lavasa]], the new Hill City being developed near [[Pune]] City.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article455316.ece Redgrave, to help nurture rowing in India], ''The Hindu'', 14 June 2010</ref>

In April 2008, Redgrave took part in the [[List of Olympic torch relays|Olympic Torch relay]] for the [[2008 Summer Olympics|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 [[Olympic Stadium (London)|stadium]], where seven young athletes shared the task of lighting the cauldron at the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]].{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

He was named a Patron of the Jaguar Academy of Sport in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jaguar Academy of Sport |title=Homepage |url=http://www.jaguaracademyofsport.co.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228040650/http://www.jaguaracademyofsport.co.uk/ |archive-date=28 February 2012 }}</ref>

In 2012, he took up [[kayaking]] and attempted the [[Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Marathon|Devizes-to-Westminster marathon kayak race]], but had to withdraw halfway through due to tiredness.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-17649561 |work=BBC News |title=Sir Steve Redgrave quits Devizes to London canoe race |date=8 April 2012}}</ref>

He rowed on the ''[[Gloriana (barge)|Gloriana]]'' as part of the royal pageant for the [[Diamond Jubilee]] of [[Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Diamond Jubilee: Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent to lead River Pageant in royal rowbarge Gloriana |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=17 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408022943/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/the_queens_diamond_jubilee/9272330/Diamond-Jubilee-Steve-Redgrave-and-Matthew-Pinsent-to-lead-River-Pageant-in-royal-rowbarge-Gloriana.html |archive-date=2023-04-08 |url-status=live |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/the_queens_diamond_jubilee/9272330/Diamond-Jubilee-Steve-Redgrave-and-Matthew-Pinsent-to-lead-River-Pageant-in-royal-rowbarge-Gloriana.html}}</ref>

In August 2014, Redgrave was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ''[[The Guardian]]'' expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|referendum on that issue]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=7 August 2014 |access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref>

In May 2018, Redgrave assumed the High-Level Performance Director role for the Chinese Rowing Association<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sir Steve Redgrave appointed performance director for Chinese Rowing Association - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/29/c_137215056.htm#:~:text=Sir%20Steve%20Redgrave%20appointed%20performance%20director%20for%20Chinese%20Rowing%20Association,-Source:%20Xinhua%7C%202018&text=BEIJING,%20May%2029%20(Xinhua),for%20China%27s%20national%20rowing%20team.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529115020/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/29/c_137215056.htm#:~:text=Sir%20Steve%20Redgrave%20appointed%20performance%20director%20for%20Chinese%20Rowing%20Association,-Source:%20Xinhua%7C%202018&text=BEIJING,%20May%2029%20(Xinhua),for%20China%27s%20national%20rowing%20team.|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 May 2018|access-date=10 December 2020|website=www.xinhuanet.com}}</ref> to help China's rowing team's target of one gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games and two golds at Paris 2024.<ref>{{Cite news|date=16 May 2019|title=Redgrave targets Olympic gold for China in Tokyo and Paris|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-rowing-china-redgrave-idUKKCN1SM1HW|access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref>

In 2025, Redgrave is set to appear as a contestant on the [[Dancing on Ice series 17|seventeenth series]] of ''[[Dancing on Ice]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dancing on Ice 2025 line-up {{!}} Confirmed cast for season 17 {{!}} Radio Times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/dancing-on-ice-2025-line-up/ |website=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Sir Steve Redgrave in his first kayak race.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Redgrave in 2011]]
He married Ann Callaway (now [[Ann Redgrave|Lady Ann Redgrave]]) in 1988; also an elite rower, she represented Great Britain in the women's eight at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. She was Chief Medical Officer to the GB rowing team from 1992 to 2001 and since 2009 their first full-time Medical Officer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2008 |title=GB Rowing's Coaching line-up |url=http://www.britishrowing.org/news/2008/october/1/gb-rowings-coaching-line |access-date=3 August 2012 |website=[[British Rowing]] |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195518/http://www.britishrowing.org/news/2008/october/1/gb-rowings-coaching-line |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the honorary president of [[British Rowing]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Structure |url=http://www.britishrowing.org/about-us/strategy-structure |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120001107/http://www.britishrowing.org/about-us/strategy-structure |archive-date=20 January 2013 |access-date=3 August 2012 |website=British Rowing}}</ref>

Redgrave has three children, Natalie, Sophie and Zak. Natalie rowed with the [[Oxford University Women's Boat Club]] which won the women's boat race at [[Henley Boat Races]] in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 March 2011 |title=Natalie Redgrave helps Oxford win Women's Boat Race |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/rowing/9438038.stm |access-date=3 August 2012 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=26 September 2012 |title=Steve Redgrave: My Family Values |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/26/steve-redgrave-olympic-rowing |access-date=3 August 2014 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="daughter">{{Cite news |last=Quarrell |first=Rachel |date=3 March 2011 |title=Natalie Redgrave ready to follow her father's footsteps and take the plunge for Oxford in varsity Boat Race |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/rowing/8360231/Natalie-Redgrave-ready-to-follow-her-fathers-footsteps-and-take-the-plunge-for-Oxford-in-varsity-Boat-Race.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}</ref>

He is a supporter of [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea Football Club]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Redgrave |first=Steve |url=https://archive.org/details/inspiredstorieso0000redg_y4h5/page/14/mode/2up |title=Inspired: Stories of Sporting Greatness |publisher=Headline |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-7553-1965-7 |page=14 |oclc=1193959715 |access-date=3 June 2024 |others=With Sue Mott}}</ref>

==Honours==

Redgrave was made a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in 1987, and promoted to [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in 1997.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} 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.<ref name="LG 30 December 2000">{{London Gazette |issue=56070 |date=30 December 2000 |pages=1–2 |supp=y}}</ref><ref name="LG 24 August 2001">{{London Gazette |issue=56313 |date=24 August 2001 |page=10049}}</ref>

He was voted the [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]] in 2000, {{citation needed|date=January 2015}}, and received the BBC Sports – Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

He was awarded the [[Honorary Degree]] of [[Doctor of the University]] from [[Heriot Watt University]] in November 2001, having previously been awarded an Honorary Blue in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.hw.ac.uk/annual-review/2001/spo_mad.htm |title=Heriot Watt Annual Review |date=2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305050731/http://www1.hw.ac.uk/annual-review/2001/spo_mad.htm |archive-date=5 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www1.hw.ac.uk/graduation/docs/HWU_Honorary_Graduates_FINAL.pdf | title=Heriot-Watt University - Honorary Graduates | access-date=6 April 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025729/http://www1.hw.ac.uk/graduation/docs/HWU_Honorary_Graduates_FINAL.pdf | archive-date=17 November 2015}}</ref>

In 2001, he was awarded the Honorary Degree of [[Doctor of Technology]] by [[Loughborough University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Honours archive {{!}} Graduation {{!}} Loughborough University |url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/students/graduation/honorary-graduates/archive/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=www.lboro.ac.uk}}</ref>

In 2000, his fifth Olympic gold was voted the greatest sporting moment in [[Channel 4]]'s [[100 Greatest Sporting Moments]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest_sporting/results.html |title=100 Greatest Sporting Moments – Results |work=[[Channel 4]] |access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref>

The [[Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake]] was opened by him and Matthew Pinsent in 2006. The lake and boathouse provide training, medical and scientific facilities for the GB rowing squad.

In 2013, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the [[University of Edinburgh]] "in recognition of his outstanding sporting achievements and role as a sports ambassador".<ref name="ReferenceA">Quote taken from the programme notes of the ceremony in McEwan Hall, Edinburgh 8 October 2013</ref><ref name="Ed.ac.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2013/celebrationofachievement-041013 |title=A celebration of achievement |work=Ed.ac.uk |access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref>

==Achievements==
* [[Rowing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] medals: 5 gold, 1 bronze
* [[World Rowing Championships|World Championship]] medals: 9 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
* [[Junior World Rowing Championships|Junior World Championship]] medals: 1 silver
* Henley Royal Regatta: 19 wins

===Olympic Games===
* 2000 – Gold, Coxless Four (with [[Matthew Pinsent]], [[Tim Foster]], [[James Cracknell]])
* 1996 – Gold, Coxless Pair (with Matthew Pinsent)
* 1992 – Gold, Coxless Pair (with Matthew Pinsent)
* 1988 – Gold, Coxless Pair (with [[Andy Holmes]])
* 1988 – Bronze, Coxed Pair (with Andy Holmes and [[Patrick Sweeney (rower)|Patrick Sweeney]])
* 1984 – Gold, Coxed Four (with [[Martin Cross]], [[Adrian Ellison]], Andy Holmes and [[Richard Budgett]]).

===World Rowing Championships===
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* 1999 – Gold, Coxless Four (with James Cracknell, [[Ed Coode]], Matthew Pinsent)
* 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 – Silver, Coxless Pairs (with [[Simon Berrisford]])
* 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)
* 1985 – 12th, Single Sculls
* 1983 – Single Sculls
* 1982 – 6th, Quadruple Scull
* 1981 – 8th, Quadruple Scull
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===Junior World Rowing Championships===
* 1980 – Silver, Double Sculls
* 1979 – Single Sculls

===Henley Royal Regatta===
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* 2001 – [[Queen Mother Challenge Cup]]
* 2000 – [[Stewards' Challenge Cup]]
* 1999 – Stewards' Challenge Cup
* 1998 – Stewards' Challenge Cup
* 1997 – Stewards' Challenge Cup
* 1995 – [[Prince Philip Challenge Cup]]
* 1995 – [[Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup]]
* 1994 – Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup
* 1993 – Stewards' 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
* 1985 – [[Diamond Challenge Sculls]]
* 1984 – Prince Philip Challenge Cup
* 1983 – Diamond Challenge Sculls
* 1982 – Double Sculls Challenge Cup
* 1981 – Double Sculls Challenge Cup
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===Other===
* 1996 – Winner of ''Celebrity [[Gladiators (1992 British TV series)|Gladiators]]''
* 2000 – [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]]
* 2001 – Collected a knighthood from Queen [[Elizabeth II]]
* 2001 – Received an Honorary Doctorate from [[Heriot-Watt University]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.hw.ac.uk/annual-review/2001/our_peo_hon_grad.htm |title=Heriot-Watt University |website=www1.hw.ac.uk |access-date=30 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413114505/http://www1.hw.ac.uk/annual-review/2001/our_peo_hon_grad.htm |archive-date=13 April 2016 }}</ref>
* 2010 – Awarded the degree of Hon. LLD from the [[University of St Andrews]]
* 2011 – BBC Sports – Lifetime Achievement Award
* 2012 – Carried the [[2012 Summer Olympics|London 2012 Olympic]] Torch into the Olympic Stadium
* 2013 – Awarded an honorary doctorate by the [[University of Edinburgh]] "in recognition of his outstanding sporting achievements and role as a sports ambassador".<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="Ed.ac.uk" />

==Bibliography==

* ''Steve Redgrave: A Golden age'' (2000) with Nick Townsend ([[ghostwriter]]). {{ISBN|0-563-55182-8}}
** 2nd edition: 2001 {{ISBN|0-563-53821-X}}
* ''Steve Redgrave's Complete Book of Rowing'' (1992). {{ISBN|1-85225-124-7}}
** 2nd edition: 1995 {{ISBN|1-85225-230-8}}
* ''You Can Win At Life!'' (2005) with Nick Townsend. {{ISBN|0-563-48776-3}}.
* ''Inspired ''(2009). {{ISBN|978-0755319640}}
* Foreword to ''Diabetes: The at Your Fingertips Guide'' 5th edition (2003) {{ISBN|1-85959-087-X}}

==See also==
* [[Jack Beresford]], rower, Britain's most successful Olympian prior to Redgrave's fourth gold medal, with three gold and two silver medals from 1920 to 1936
* [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists]]
* [[List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event]]
* [[List of people diagnosed with ulcerative colitis]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website}}
* {{World Rowing}}
* {{BOA profile}}
* {{CGF profile}}
* {{Olympics.com|name=Steven Redgrave|oc_archive=20210422234401|org_archive=20210214044422}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Steven Redgrave}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051129000614/http://archive.museophile.org/rowing/redgrave.html Virtual Library rowing information]
* [http://www.marlowtown.co.uk/redgrave.html Marlow information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415054236/http://www.marlowtown.co.uk/redgrave.html |date=15 April 2007 }}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBBFNAXo3gs Video 1988 Pair (2-) Olympic race]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090821220635/http://www.gleeds.tv/index.cfm?video=24 Video Sir Steve Redgrave discusses the key to a winning team]
* [https://archive.today/20130419094353/http://www.gleeds.tv/index.cfm?video=505 Sir Steve Redgrave: myplace ambassador – creating places for young people to go to](video)
* [http://www.theredgravestory.com/ The Sonshine of Our Lives: Sheila Redgrave tells the broader story of her son Sir Steve Redgrave] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827000512/http://www.theredgravestory.com/ |date=27 August 2018 }}
* [http://www.olympics30.com/30greatest/steve-redgrave-rowing.asp Motion in Action Inspirational Story on Steve Redgrave] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109134911/http://www.olympics30.com/30greatest/steve-redgrave-rowing.asp |date=9 November 2017 }}

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