Sir Steve Redgrave: The Official Site

Stop making me favourite
The Sun
2 February 2012

STEVE REDGRAVE has told the bookies to stop making him odds-on favourite to light the Olympic flame - so he has a chance to achieve his dream. The five-time Olympic rowing gold medallist tops the list of names being tipped to light the flame at the Opening Ceremony in London on July 27... [more]

British medal hopefuls need to step up and perform
Sir Steve Redgrave / Daily Telegraph
4th January 2012

All the landmarks — whether of 1,000 days to go, one year to go or now, finally, reaching the year of the London Games — helps to ‘ramp up’ the event in everybody’s minds. Such expectation is well-founded, because I firmly believe that our British team are capable of winning 50 medals or more...... [more]

Sir Steve to receive Lifetime Achievement Award
BBC
22 December 2011

Olympic rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave will be given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year event.... [more]

BBC 5Live: Sir Steve Redgrave offers support to Man Utd's Darren Fletcher
BBC
20 December 2011

Sir Steve reveals he has spoken to Darren Fletcher after the Manchester United midfielder was revealed to be suffering from the same rare bowel condition.Fletcher is taking an extended break from football to try to recover from ulcerative colitis... [more]

50 stunning Olympic moments
The Guardian
7 December 2011

For the third part in the Guardian series of stunning Olympic moments, this week sees a look back at the moment Steve Redgrave won gold in Sydney - his fifth successive Olympic triumph.... [more]

A hacking good time
Sir Steve Redgrave
28 November 2011

When asked whether or not I would help to promote a holiday destination, it was not a difficult decision, particularly when the words golf and Bermuda were mentioned.... [more]

I'd swap all my medals just for the chance to row at London 2012
Evening Standard
8 November 2011

Sir Steve Redgrave may be the bookies favourite to light the 2012 Olympic flame but his advice is to not to put any money on him. Given that he has kept the opening night free from TV work the assumption is that on July 27 Britain's only Olympian to win five golds will enter the Olympic Stadium with the flame.... [more]

Countdown to London 2012: The future looks bright for Team GB
Sir Steve Redgrave
31 October 2011

As Sir Steve sets his sights on ten rowing medals for Team GB at the London Olympics, take a look at his considered comments just after the recent World Championships. (Scroll down to second diary entry.)... [more]

And now for something different... kayaking...
Sir Steve Redgrave
18 October, 2011

In my latest book, Greatest Olympic Moments, Birgit Fischer is featured together with her extraordinary Olympic medal haul, which eclipses my own and almost everyone else's with a total of eight Gold medals over six Olympic Games from 1980 to 2004. Her sport of choice was kayaking which, at the time of writing the book, was a sport that I had tried but had been unceremoniously dumped from the boat within four seconds..... [more]

Sir Steve on how Mark Spitz's magnificent seven inspired his golden dream
Daily Telegraph
7 October 2011

As Sir Steve's latest book, Great Olympic Moments is published, he reveals his most memorable and inspiring Olympic moments... [more]

Sir Steve delivers inspirational talk at St Andrews
Scottish Courier
5 October 2011

With excitement building towards London 2012, Sir Steve Redgrave, one of the country's greatest Olympians made a flying visit to St Andrews University to inspire staff and students... [more]

London 2012: Pressure? London is my big opportunity, says Sir Chris Hoy
Daily Telegraph
27 September 2011

By Sir Steve Redgrave; Sir Chris Hoy is in full flow at the Manchester velodrome, telling me of his hopes and aspirations for London 2012 with a passion so infectious that, even though it’s 11 years since I quit competitive sport, it can even persuade a 49 year-old for one lovely moment to daydream idly about making another comeback... [more]

Countdown to London 2012: The future looks bright for Team GB
Steveredgrave.com
5 September 2011

by Sir Steve Redgrave
Since returning from the World Championships in Beld, Slovenia, I have been looking into our past results at the Olympics. Understandably, some of them are etched on my memory but I couldn't remember when the UK set the record for the most medals won in the rowing events.... [more]

Sir Steve hails British rowers' performance at Worlds
BBC
4 September 2011

Five-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave has hailed Britain's record-breaking performance in the World Rowing Championships in Slovenia. Britain topped the medal table with a record 14 medals and secured qualification for next year's Olympics for 13 out of 14 boats. 'We have never qualified this many boats before, so to have 13 already through to 2012 is amazing,' he told BBC Sport.... [more]

Sir Steve expects GB to shine at World Championships
BBC
30 August 2011

Ever since the Beijing Olympics, every rower on the British team has believed they can win medals at major championships. They can't all win but it's a great attitude to have - there wasn't that belief when I started back in the 1980s... [more]

Sir Steve helps fire-hit Marlow Rowing Club
BBC
11 August 2011

Marlow Rowing Club has praised the 'heart-warming' response from the local community since its boathouse was gutted by fire last week.The damage to the club's buildings and boats prompted five-time Olympic champion Sir Steve Redgrave to offer his help in rebuilding the club... [more]

Countdown to London 2012: Steve's Olympic diary
Sir Steve Redgrave
4th August 2011

As we countdown to the London 2012 Olympics, Sir Steve has decided to keep a diary in the year running up to the big event. Here, he shares his thoughts and experiences as he fulfills his roles as ambassador for Team GB for the British Olympic Association, President of British Rowing, ambassador for Visa, Worldwide Sponsor of the Olympic Games, commentator and pundit for the BBC and as a spectator and huge fan of the Olympic Games.... [more]

Sir Steve Redgrave devastated by fire at the club that launched him
This is London
4 August 2011

SIR Steve Redgrave says he's 'devastated' after the club which helped catapult him to five Olympic gold medals was badly damaged in a fire. Firecrews arrived at Marlow Rowing Club at about 4am today after a resident was alerted by the club's fire alarm... [more]

'Steve-bloody-Redgrave and that record!' One gold at a time, Ben Ainslie says
Daily Telegraph
25 July 2011

'Steve-bloody-Redgrave and that record! I always get that,' he laughed.
'But, honestly, I don't look at it as a target. God, yes, it would be unbelievable to achieve what you did but I can't afford to think that way; I just need to focus on the next goal. Which is London 2012 and I'm focused on nothing else but that.'


Steve-bloody-Redgrave. I've probably been the bane of plenty of athletes' lives down the years when multiple medal targets are bandied around, but it was funny listening to Ben because I could recognise a bloke who, having earned a silver and three golds in successive Games since 1996, certainly has the right mentality and approach to match and even go past my record, something I genuinely hope he does.
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Sir Steve: 'Games is our chance to get a generation out of the armchair'
Daily Telegraph
29 July 2011

As we approach the final year of preparations, the legacy of the 2012 Olympics is preoccupying us almost as much as the event itself. Which is as it should be.

When we invest so much in a two-and-half-week festival of sport, we expect to reap some longer-term benefits. Having said that, legacy is a problematic word, because it has so many elements to it.
... [more]

Sir Steve back British pair
Sporting Life
13 July 2011

Sir Steve Redgrave believes Pete Reed and Andy Triggs Hodge can overcome their arch-rivals from New Zealand and win gold at London 2012 - if they persevere as a pair. Hodge and Reed, Olympic champions as part of the men's coxless four in Beijing in 2008, have never beaten Kiwi pair Eric Murray and Hamish Bond.... [more]

Sir Steve rows at Henley Royal Regatta in memory of former British team-mate Andy Holmes
Daily Telegraph
28 June 2011

Emotions will be running high on Friday at Henley Royal Regatta, when British Rowing honorary president Sir Steve Redgrave takes to the water to commemorate Andy Holmes, his former crew-mate who died tragically of a water-borne infection last October.... [more]

Sir Steve Redgrave to row at Henley Royal Regatta in memory of former British team-mate Andy Holmes
Daily Telegraph
28 June 2011

Emotions will be running high on Friday at Henley Royal Regatta, when British Rowing honorary president Sir Steve Redgrave takes to the water to commemorate Andy Holmes, his former crew-mate who died tragically of a water-borne infection last October.... [more]

Room for improvement in search for Britain's future rowing talent, says Sir Steve Redgrave
Daily Telegraph
10 June 2011

Despite Great Britain's record haul of 17 medals at last month's World Cup regatta, Sir Steve Redgrave still believes that the national rowing set-up has room for improvement...... [more]

Redgrave supports Purchase and Hunter to regain form
BBC
1 June 2011

Sir Steve Redgrave believes world and Olympic champions Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter can recover their form in the two remaining World Cup regattas...... [more]

One week left for Olympic Park name competition
Wharf.co.uk
12 May 2011

There's just one week left for people to make their mark on London's history by suggesting names for five new neighbourhoods to be built on the Olympic Park. The 'Your Park, Your Place' scheme was launched in March, and names suggested so far include Redgravia, Hoy Gateway and Olympic Park Hill.... [more]

Sir Steve is named London Marathon's top celebrity fundraiser
Press Association
11 April 2011

Olympic hero Sir Steve Redgrave has won the race to be named the London Marathon's top celebrity fundraiser. The rower and five-times Olympic gold medal winner raised more than £1.75 million for his charity, the Steve Redgrave Trust, when he ran the marathon in 2006. ... [more]

"I am absolutely delighted to be an ambassador for Team GB in 2012 and can't think of any better way to support the team..."
Morethanthegames.co.uk
28th March 2011

HELPING HAND; Sir Steve Redgrave will lend his Olympic knowledge to great Britain's 2012 team as one of 27 ambassadors for the London Games.

The ambassadors will provide mentoring to members of the 500-strong home team, many of whom will be appearing at their first Olympic Games.... [more]

Video: Sir Steve talks about Britain hosting 'the greatest show on earth'
UK Foreign Office
14 March 2011

London Olympics - 500 days to go: In a Foreign Office film launched to coincide with 500 days to go until the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, former British rower and five times Olympic gold medalist Sir Steve Redgrave talks about the UK's passion for sport and his personal involvement in the 2012 Games.
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Sir Steve takes 2012 countdown to UAE
Sport360.com
5th March 2011

Sir Steve Redgrave, Great Britain's greatest Olympic Champion, is in the UAE on March 7 and 8 to highlight '500 Days to Go' on the journey to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games.

Visiting in his capacity as a 'See Britain Ambassador' ahead of London 2012, Sir Redgrave will meet a host of sporting bodies in the UAE, including the National Olympic Committee and the Sports Council Board as well as members from the tourism and investment sectors... [more]

Natalie Redgrave has the weapons to cope with pressure of living up to family name, says James Cracknell
Daily Telepgraph
4 March 2011

Natalie Redgrave was only a month old when she made her spectator debut at those World's, watching her dad win gold and break the world record with Matthew Pinsent. When Steve eventually hung up the Lycra babygro after the 2000 Sydney Olympics, we had both learnt so much from her old man.

Having accompanied Ann, also the GB team doctor, to many a training camp and despite Natalie's reticence to follow in her parents' footsteps, it was almost inevitable that her gene pool would be suited to rowing and medicine. ... [more]

Sir Steve elected into Laureus World Sports Academy
Laureus
February 7, 2011

ABU DHABI, February 7, 2011 - Five-times Olympic rowing gold medallist Steve Redgrave and Australian five-times motor cycle 500cc world champion Mick Doohan have become the newest members of the Laureus World Sports Academy, a unique collection of the world's legendary sportsmen and sportswomen.... [more]

Take the daredevil route down the slopes
The Independent
January 2011

Chasing your mates around the Alps is one way of getting your ski thrills - but a real race is more exciting. Everyman competitions come in various guises, including charity relays, endurance downhills, party weekends, even a race-training holiday with the chance to beat Sir Steve Redgrave through the gates... [more]

Sir Steve Redgrave praises fellow Marlow hero Andrew Strauss
Bucks Free Press
2nd January 2011

FIVE times Olympic gold medal winner Sir Steve Redgrave has hailed Marlow's newest sporting hero - England cricket captain Andrew Strauss. The riverside town's original sports icon, a lifelong Marlow Bottom resident, praised the batsman and his team after England retained the Ashes in Australia for the first time since 1986...... [more]

Sir Steve takes on Marlow Santa's Fun Run
Bucks Free Press
7th December 2010

More than 1,000 Father Christmas' could be seen running through Marlow yesterday morning including rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave.

Sir Steve ran the race with wife, Lady Ann, and son Zak. He came in just under the 30m mark and said; 'It was bit hard. I didn't train for it. I had a nice big bowl of porridge for breakfast this morning which wasn't the right thing to do.' ... [more]

100-year-old to compete in indoor rowing championships
Daily Telegraph
21 November 2010

The world's biggest indoor rowing event will see around 3,000 entrants competing in different weight and age categories. John Hodgson, from Cookridge, Leeds who celebrated his birthday in September, is to be the only competitor in the over-100s category...... [more]

World Rowing Championships 2010: Team GB
Daily Telegraph
5 November 2010

Britain's Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase added the world title to their Olympic gold with a superb performance to win the men's lightweight double sculls at the World Rowing Championships in New Zealand, while Britain's women's quad sculls also picked up gold. ... [more]

Steve's former rowing partner, Andy Holmes dies aged 51
Daily Telegraph
25 October 2010

Andy Holmes MBE, the former pairs partner of Sir Steve Redgrave, with whom he won gold and bronze medals in the coxed and coxless pairs at the Seoul Olympics, died last night in King's College Hospital. ... [more]

Sir Steve Redgrave joins Telegraph for London 2012
Inside the Games
23 September 2010

Sir Steve is to join Telegraph Media Group's (TMG) sports team as a columnist and ambassador in the build-up to London 2012.

Murdoch MacLennan, the chief executive of TMG, said; 'We are thrilled that Sir Steve has joined us...'... [more]

Ten years ago they were united by Olympic glory in Sydney. Now Sir Steve Redgrave speaks of his good friend James Cracknell's horrific cycling accident
Daily Mail
22 August, 2010

Sir Steve Redgrave shakes his head as he talks about the terrible injuries suffered by the man who helped him make Olympic history.

Redgrave is at pains to remain calm, but the horror of the accident that left fellow Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell facing a six-month battle to recover from head and brain injuries caused when he was hit by a passing truck while filming in the United States cannot hide the emotion in his words.

'I want him to get back to the James know and love,' said Redgrave last week.
... [more]

Sir Steve travels to India with PM in largest official visit since 1947
Bucks Free Press
29th July 2010

Sir Steve Redgrave has travelled to India as part of a huge delegation led by prime minister David Cameron.

The five-time Olympic champion has joined fellow athletes Lord Coe and Dame Kelly Holmes on the largest official visit since the British Raj fell in 1947.

The delegation arrived yesterday for the two day visit, aimed at strengthening relations with India.... [more]

How surgeons rebuilt Sir Steve Redgrave after his bike crash
Daily Mail
18th July 2010

While some of the world's most luminous celebrities volunteer their handprints to Hollywood's Walk of Fame, Sir Steve Redgrave, Britain's five-times Olympic gold medallist, preferred a different method of commemoration.

Last month, he embedded his face in the tarmac of a town in Maryland, USA. The dent to the road is undoubtedly still there. That was 18 stone of sporting knight hitting the deck. It would not have escaped lightly.... [more]

Redgrave is hurt in crash
Mirror.co.uk
23rd June 2010

Olympic hero Sir Steve Redgrave suffered several broken bones after being thrown from his bike in a race across America.

Redgrave, 48, who won five gold medals in rowing, broke two ribs, a cheek bone and a wrist.

He suffered a puncture in the Appalachian Mountains on the fundraiser. Redgrave said; 'Of all the things that could have stopped me - tiredness, fatigue, diabetes - a simple blowout on the front wheel at a corner can cause such pain.'
... [more]

Sir Steve Redgrave in hospital after U.S. bike crash just hours from finish of 3,000-mile race
Mail online
23rd June 2010

Olympic hero Sir Steve Redgrave suffered multiple broken bones after being thrown from a bike during a gruelling 3,000 mile race across America.
The 48-year-old, who won a record five gold medals in rowing, spent two nights in hospital after fracturing two ribs, his wrist and a cheek bone.
He was left with blood pouring down his face after he was sent flying head first over the handlebars of his mountain bike when he suffered a blow-out puncture.
... [more]

Broken bones for Sir Steve in American bike race
Bucks Free Press
Tuesday 22nd June 2010

A CHALLENGE dubbed The World's Toughest Bike Race has lived up to its tag after Sir Steve Redgrave broke various bones in an accident.

Sir Steve's team yesterday completed the 3,000 mile Race Across America - but with the record gold medal winner cheering his mates on from his stretcher.
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Sir Steve Redgrave injured in charity race
The Telegraph
Tuesday 22nd June 2010

Sir Steve Redgrave, the Olympic rowing champion, has been injured after crashing during a charity cycling race in America. The athlete suffered a fractured cheek bone, wrist and ribs after his front tyre blew in the Appalachian Mountains. He spent two nights in hospital recovering. ... [more]

Sir Steve Redgrave injured during charity cycling event
BBC Sport
Monday 21st June 2010

Sir Steve Redgrave has been injured after crashing during a charity cycling event in the United States.

The five-time Olympic champion rower is thought to have suffered a fractured cheekbone, wrist and ribs after a tyre blew in the Appalachian Mountains. ... [more]

Lavasa ties up with rowing legend Redgrave for academy
Press Trust of India
14th June 2010

British rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave has been roped in to help India realise its dream of winning an Olympic medal in the physically exhausting sport by Lavasa Corporation for setting up a rowing academy in the Sahyadri mountains.... [more]

Land Rover to Sponsor Sir Steve Redgrave in The Race Across America Cycling Event
Truck Trend.com
Thursday 10th June 2010

Sir Steve Redgrave, one of the United Kingdom's most famous Olympic athletes, will be sponsored and assisted by Land Rover as he embarks on The Race Across America.... [more]

Sir Steve Redgrave looks forward to Marlow Regatta
Bucks Free Press
Sunday 6th June 2010

SIR Steve Redgrave has praised the 'huge commitment' made by Marlovians ever since the future of the town Regatta was threatened in 2001.... [more]

Sir Steve Redgrave visit to Russia to celebrate 150 years of Russian Rowing
Day Life Publishers
30th May 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, his wife Svetlana, right, and Sir Steven Redgrave, English rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000, attend the first presidential regatta finals in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, May 30, 2010. In his youth Medvedev took part in rowing competitions. ... [more]

2012 Olympic Eton Dorney Lake rowing venue 'ready'
BBC News
Friday 28th May 2010

Construction work at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic rowing venue has been completed on time and on budget, the Olympic Delivery Authority has said.

Work to prepare the Eton Dorney Lake venue, on the Berkshire-Buckinghamshire border, near Windsor, began in 2009.... [more]

BID IS STILL SOLID - COE
Sporting Life
Tuesday 18th May 2010

Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave admits Coe's charm could help repair the damage to England's 2018 World Cup bid caused by Lord Triesman's bribery claims. Redgrave, who is also an ambassador for 2018, admits that Coe's influence could help regain any lost ground. ... [more]

REDGRAVE BACKS SEARLE
Sporting Life
Tuesday 18th May 2010

Sir Steve Redgrave is backing Greg Searle to round off his remarkable comeback by clinching gold at London 2012, 20 years after he first became an Olympic champion in Barcelona.... [more]

Olympic stars hit Kent fairways for Dame Kelly charity
BBC
17th May, 2010

Olympic rowing gold medallists Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Matthew Pinsent are among sports stars hitting the fairways in Kent for charity. About 20 athletes are raising funds for fellow Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes's charity, the DKH Legacy Trust, which mentors young sports performers.... [more]

Juice Doctor Delivers Refreshing News
Talking Retail
Friday 14th May 2010

Juice Doctor, co-founded by five times Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave, is launching their range of naturally isotonic everyday hydration drinks, with a new look and improved recipes. ... [more]

PROBABLY THE BEST TEAM TALK IN THE WORLD
News of the World
Saturday 8th May 2010

BEER we go! It's probably the best team talk in the world....

A host of English sporting legends - plus semi-naked Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling - join forces in Carlsberg's latest World Cup TV advert.

The 90-second commercial, screened for the first time yesterday, features five-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave, cricket hero Sir Ian Botham, 15-times world darts champ Phil Taylor, World Cup winner Jack Charlton, former world boxing champ Nigel Benn, ex-world superbike champ Carl Fogarty, snooker great Steve Davis, world-reknowned explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and rock giants Kasabian all giving Fabio Capello's England squad an inspirational team talk. ... [more]

New challenge for 'decrepit' Redgrave
Times Online
Sunday 2nd May 2010

BRITAIN'S greatest Olympian, Sir Steve Redgrave, is coming out of retirement for one more big sporting challenge a decade after he won the last of his five rowing gold medals. Redgrave, who is 48 and an insulin-dependent diabetic, is to compete in a 3,000-mile cycle relay across America in June as part of an eight-man team.... [more]

London 2012 - 60 seconds with Sir Steve Redgrave
Yahoo.com
Monday 26th April 2010

Eurosport spent 60 seconds with five-times Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave and learnt a valuable lesson about 'pregnant' women.... [more]

Sir Steve's oarsome
Mirror.co.uk
24th April 2010

Olympic rower Sir Steve Redgrave along with other stars including comic Harry Hill and model Laura Bailey have helped the Fairtrade Foundation win a top gong.

The organisation, which campaigns for a fair market price for Third World farmers, scooped the Queen's Award for Enterprise. ... [more]

Redgrave backing for Searle return
Virgin Media
16th April 2010

Sir Steve Redgrave has backed veteran Olympic champion Greg Searle's bid to row at the London 2012 Olympics.

Searle won Olympic gold in Barcelona in 1992 with brother Jonny and cox Garry Herbert, and bronze in a four in 1996, before retiring after the 2000 Olympics.

Sir Steve, a five-time Olympic rowing champion and widely considered Britain's greatest Olympian, told the Press Association; 'A fit and strong Greg Searle is going to be a good person to have in anyone's team.'

He added; 'I think he retired too early. In rowing terms I think the world has seen three outstanding athletes.... [more]

Taking on world's toughest bike race
Henley Standard
Wednesday 7th April 2010

THREE members of a Henley rowing club have teamed up with Sir Steve Redgrave for the world's toughest cycle race.

The 48-year-old Olympic rowing champion and Upper Thames Rowing Club members Peter McConnell, Ian Neville and John Mottram aim to raise £100,000 for Sport Relief and the Steve Redgrave Fund.... [more]

Steve's toughest challenge?
Official Redgrave Crew Website
5th April 2010

Steve's latest challenge is regarded as the toughest endurance race in the world. Race Across America is a 3,000 mile cycle race crossing from Oceanside, California to Annapolis, Maryland. Joined by a team of former rowers & friends, the crew of 8 will ride across 14 States, climb 100,000ft and encounter every extreme of weather.

The Redgrave Crew aim to raise £100,000 - £1 for every foot climbed - for the Steve Redgrave Fund and Sport Relief. The Steve Redgrave Fund uses the power of sport and sporting activity to bring about positive change in the lives of disadvantaged children.
... [more]

Redgrave named greatest English sportsman ever
More than the Games
1st April 2010

Already installed as the bookmakers favourite to light the Olympic flame at the London 2012 Olympics, Redgrave - who retired following his victory in Sydney - beat off the challenge of World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore, decathlon legend Daley Thompson and sub four-minute miler Sir Roger Bannister.

'It's a great honour,' he said

'I'm very proud to be English, and to be voted ahead of some of England's all time sporting legends is fantastic.'... [more]

Redgrave named greatest sporting icon
ITN
1st April 2010

Five-time Olympic rowing champion Sir Steve Redgrave has been named as the Greatest English Sporting Icon of all time.

Sir Steve beat off competition from sports legends including England's 1966 World Cup winning captain Bobby Moore, Sir Roger Bannister the world's first four-minute miler, and David Beckham in the Commonwealth Games England national survey.
... [more]

Double First: Cambridge Boat Race Win
Varsity newsletter
3rd April 2010

Taking to the winner's podium, the team were awarded their trophy by Olympic rowing champion Sir Steve Redgrave, who was immediately doused in winner's champagne. Reflecting on the race, CUBC President Deaglan McEachern stated 'it wasn't fun, but it was good!'... [more]

'Steve proved to me that back surgery should be the last resort - not the first', says Ann Redgrave
Mail online
3rd April 2010

A year after Los Angeles, Steve suffered an acute prolapsed disc in his lower back - when the soft inner part of the disc bulges out through a weakness in the outer part, causing inflammation and sometimes pressure on nerves. He was 23, and experts told him his career could be over.... [more]

Sir Steve to take on 'World's Toughest Bike Race'
This is Local London.co.uk
6th April 2010

OLYMPIC legend Steve Redgrave will swap boats for a bike when he undertakes a 3,000 mile ride known as The World's Toughest Bike Race.
The record gold medal winning rower from Marlow Bottom will be part of a team tackling the the Race Across America - which aims to raise £100,000 for Sport Relief and the Steve Redgrave Fund.... [more]

Sir Steve Redgrave to take on Race Across America
Road.cc
31st March 2010

The former rower has put together a team of eight ex-oarsman, including himself, to take part in the 3,000 mile race with the aim of raising £100,000 for Sport Relief and the Steve Redgrave fund.... [more]

Sir Steve Redgrave leads the way in Sestriere
SkiClub.co.uk
23rd March 2010

The event is joined by Olympians Sir Steve Redgrave and Ben Hunt-Davis who despite skiing not being their first sports are still as driven as if they were rowing in Sydney. In their eyes the only acceptable result is a win! Unfortunately for Steve his daughter Natalie beat him for the first time in the Giant Slalom.... [more]

£6m for after-school Olympic clubs
The Press Association
17th March 2010

£6m for after-school Olympic clubs
(UKPA) - 1 hour ago

Teenagers will get the chance to try out Olympic and Paralympic sports through a £6 million network of after-school clubs, Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw has announced.

From this autumn term sports such as badminton, boccia, fencing, handball, table tennis, volleyball and wheelchair basketball will be on offer at the first of 3,000 clubs being set up in secondary schools and colleges across England.... [more]

Iraq War veteran Phil Packer and BBC newsreader Kate Silverton complete Three Peaks Challenge
The Telegraph
10th March 2010

For the final ascent up Mount Snowdon, the pair were joined by Sir Steve Redgrave, the Olympic rowing gold medallist, and Sir Clive Woodward the former England rugby coach. ... [more]

Sport Relief challenge on Snowdon
BBC News
7th March 2010

Iraq veteran Phil Packer was joined by Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave and former England rugby coach Sir Clive Woodward on the final leg of his three peaks challenge in aid of Sport Relief.... [more]

Jaguar Academy of Sport Launched by Living Legends of British Sport
The Autochannel
5th March 2010

LONDON - March 4, 2010; The Jaguar Academy of Sport was launched at a ceremony in London today by Sir Ian Botham, Gareth Edwards CBE, Dame Kelly Holmes DBE, Denise Lewis OBE, Sir Steve Redgrave and supported by David Beckham OBE by video message. These legends of British sport are the Patrons of the Jaguar Academy of Sport, which aims to recognise, celebrate and inspire the very best of British sporting talent and success.... [more]

The Jaguar Academy Launch
PR Web
5th March 2010

The Jaguar Academy of Sport was launched at a ceremony in London today by Sir Ian Botham, Gareth Edwards CBE, Dame Kelly Holmes DBE, Denise Lewis OBE, Sir Steve Redgrave and supported by David Beckham OBE by video message. These legends of British sport are the Patrons of the Jaguar Academy of Sport, which aims to recognise, celebrate and inspire the very best of British sporting talent and success. ... [more]

Redgrave out to play Williams gold card
The Independent
27th February 2010

Britain's greatest Olympian, Sir Steve Redgrave, had a message of defiance on a morning when the team's yield of one gold medal from these 21st Winter Games severely threatened chances of improved financial support for the next challenge in Russia in 2014.

Speaking against the backcloth of the coastal mountains, Redgrave argued that extremely high ground had been reached here by one superbly competitive - and well supported - athlete.... [more]

Sir Steve Redgrave planning winter sports base
BBC Sport
25th February 2010

Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave wants to build a long-track speed skating venue in the UK - and house other winter sports in the centre of it... [more]

London 2012 - BOA taking notes in Canada
Eurosport Yahoo
21st February 2010

Five-time Olympic champion Sir Steve Redgrave is part of the BOA's team in Vancouver and is advising Sir Clive Woodward, the organisation's performance chief, about the best way to prepare athletes for the pressure of the Games.

'You can really feel the pressure on the Canadians and there are a lot of lessons here for London 2012,' he said.

'I'm a pretty experienced Olympian but I've no idea what it's like to compete at a home Olympics.

'There have certainly been some interesting things to take away from Vancouver in terms of our preparation for London.'

Meanwhile, Redgrave predicted skeleton gold would fire up the British team, with further medals chances to come in bobsleigh, short track speed skating and curling... [more]

Amy Williams roars to gold for Britain
Reuters
20th February 2010

WHISTLER (Reuters) - Amy Williams roared to Britain's first Olympic gold medal in an individual winter event since 1980 in the women's skeleton on Friday.

Former rower Steve Redgrave, Britain's most decorated Olympian, greeted Williams after her final slide to glory.

'The first thing she said to me after was when does it sink in?,' Redgrave, who won five Olympic owing golds, told reporters. 'I said it never does. You can be world champion for a year but you are Olympic champion for life.'... [more]

Winter Olympics 2010: Amy Williams skeleton gold 'incredible boost for team morale'
The Telegraph
20th February 2010

Great Britain's finest Olympian, Sir Steve Redgrave, has hailed Amy Williams' stunning victory in the skeleton at the Vancovuer Winter Olympics as a defining moment for the future of British sport. ... [more]

Amy Williams: 'It's been a great experience and I hope it never ends'
Reuters
22nd February 2010

She said she was startled to find herself talking to Sir Steve Redgrave in the wake of her triumph, then even more stunned to overhear an interview he was giving on the subject of Amy Williams. ... [more]

Vote for the Best of British
Weston Mercury
16th January 2010

Famous faces such as Frank Bruno, Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen and Sir Steve Redgrave have been voting on www.greatbritishlife.co.uk to select their favourite heroes, inventions, food and places...... [more]

Olympians will take torch to home towns
Thisislondon.co.uk
6th January 2010

Five-time gold-medallist rower Sir Steve Redgrave could carry the flame through his home town of Marlow... [more]

5 Live listeners pick Sir Steve Redgrave
BBC
4 January 2010

BBC Radio 5 Live listeners have chosen Sir Steve Redgrave's fifth Olympic gold as the greatest sporting achievement of the decade 2000 to 2009.... [more]

Sir Steve skis Olympic Whistler
The Times
5th December, 2009

Jet lagged, we had woken at the crack of dawn (we'd flown in the night before) and in places the snow came up to our knees... [more]

Sir Steve backs basketball bid
The Times
2nd December, 2009

The ability to compete against the leading nations in your sport is imperative to individual and team development... [more]

My Week: Sir Steve Redgrave
The Times
14th November, 2009

You need that voice within that makes you overcome the worst adversity and get back on your feet... [more]

Active encouragement from an Olympic great
Southern Daily Echo
10th November, 2009

OLYMPIC legend Sir Steve Redgrave fired the starting gun on a new rowing initiative in Southampton yesterday... [more]

Interview: Sir Steve Redgrave
Wharf.co.uk
2nd November, 2009

He's an Olympic legend but for Sir Steve Redgrave it's Britain's future, not its past, that's important... [more]

I had huge belief but kept it to myself, says Redgrave
Reuters
26th October, 2009

Steve Redgrave was never a showman like Muhammad Ali but Britain' five-times Olympic rowing champion said he shared the same supreme self-confidence... [more]