Steve Redgrave is a retired British rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games between 1984 and 2000, a feat unmatched by any other endurance sport athlete. He achieved this while managing ulcerative colitis, diagnosed in 1992, and type 2 diabetes, diagnosed in 1997. He also won nine World Rowing Championship titles and three Commonwealth Games golds. Knighted in 2001, he is widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest Olympians and was ranked 36th in a BBC poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Career HighlightCompeted and won at the highest level despite being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 1992 and type 2 diabetes in 1997, and received a knighthood in 2001 for services to rowing. 1 Career HighlightWon gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000, the only man to win Olympic gold in an endurance sport at five separate Games. 1 Career HighlightWon nine World Rowing Championship golds and three Commonwealth Games golds, three of his Olympic titles coming in partnership with Matthew Pinsent. 1 Classification
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In which events did Steve Redgrave win his five Olympic gold medals?
Coxed fours in 1984, coxless pairs in 1988, 1992 and 1996, and coxless fours in 2000.
Olympedia lists his golds by event. He won the coxed fours in 1984, the coxless pairs in 1988 with Andy Holmes, the coxless pairs in 1992 and again in 1996 with Matthew Pinsent, and the coxless fours in 2000. He also took a bronze in the coxed pairs in 1988. Matthew Pinsent was his most frequent partner, and together they won seven world titles and three Olympic golds in the pairs and fours.
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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 Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Bradley Wiggins, and Laura Kenny, all track cyclists.
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