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Steve Redgrave

1962 - Today

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Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave (born 23 March 1962) is a British retired 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2024). Steve Redgrave is the 2,903rd most popular athlete (down from 742nd in 2024), the 6,557th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,748th in 2019) and the 116th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Steve Redgrave ranks 2,903 out of 6,025. Before him are Dmitriy Karpov, Igor Milanović, Grit Breuer, Stacy Dragila, Francesco Panetta, and Daniela Neunast. After him are Marcell Jacobs, Sheila Ingram, Yarelys Barrios, Derek Redmond, Kate Schmidt, and Brigitte McMahon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Steve Redgrave ranks 800. Before him are Taher Abouzeid, Abdurehim Heyit, Robert Wells, Taťána Kocembová, Gary Stevens, and Hendrik Reiher. After him are Luis Fernando Herrera, Detlev Buck, Adelfa Calvo, Phil Katz, Florica Lavric, and Roland Günther.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Steve Redgrave ranks 6,559 out of 8,785. Before him are Christopher Malcolm (1946), Gary Stevens (1962), George McCartney (1981), Jimmy Carr (1972), David Hare (1947), and Sandy Jardine (1948). After him are Dora Bryan (1923), Derek Redmond (1965), Sajid Javid (1969), George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven (1961), Edwin Morgan (1920), and Richard Osman (1970).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Steve Redgrave ranks 116. Before him are Paula Radcliffe (1973), Sylvia Cheeseman (1929), Phil Brown (1962), Peter Radford (1939), Alan Pascoe (1947), and Dorothy Hyman (1941). After him are Derek Redmond (1965), Kim Tae-gyun (null), Jonny Brownlee (1990), Brendan Foster (1948), Josh Kerr (1997), and Sheila Sherwood (1945).

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