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Steve Redgrave - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Steve Redgrave
- Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave (born 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 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.Redgrave is regarded as one of Britain's greatest-ever Olympians.
- As of 2016 he was the fourth-most decorated British Olympian, after cyclists 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 2002, he was ranked number 36 in the BBC poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.
- He received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year – Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.
