In 2009, he spoke to BBC Health. Steve Redgrave has got to be in my top three British Olympians of all time, and Sydney was everything he would have wished for. That was in the last 20 years, wasn't it? The Italians and Australians began to press them, and it was clear they needed another push. Wed 7 Dec 2011 05.52 EST. Gold Fever is a BBC documentary, shown in August 2000, which followed Steve Redgrave and his British rowing coxless four teammates Matthew Pinsent, Tim Foster and James Cracknell in the years leading up to the Sydney Olympics, where Redgrave was looking to claim his fifth consecutive gold medal.The three-part series included video diaries recording the highs and lows in the quest for gold. Steve Redgrave . They crossed the line victorious and I would have got it wrong. "You've got to sit on that start line and look across at the other countries and think 'I can beat you and I'm going to beat you. When rower Sir Steve Redgrave won his fifth Olympic gold medal in Sydney he had a secret stash on-board with him. It's 15 years since Sir Steve Redgrave made Olympic history in Sydney by winning his fifth straight gold medal. Olympic rower, Sir Steve Redgrave won five Gold Medals in five consecutive Olympic Games, an unparalleled feat that still stands today. "It's a very very serious condition but dealt with properly, and looked after well, there's no reason why you can't carry on your normal lifestyle. Last updated on 19 July 201219 July 2012.From the section Olympics. 2000: Redgrave wins fifth Olympic gold VIDEO : Redgrave celebrates another Olympic gold British rower Steve Redgrave has entered Olympic history by winning his fifth consecutive gold medal. A crowd of 22,000 spectators roared in triumph as the British team crossed the finishing line ahead of Italy to make history. Steve Redgrave retired in October 2000 and thousands turned out in Marlow to greet his return. Read about our approach to external linking. James Lawton salutes a seminal moment of sheer sporting guts. "He knew it was the most important six minutes of his life. "50 stunning Olympic moments No4: Steve Redgrave's fifth gold medal". Four years on, of course, Redgrave would win his fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal as part of the coxless fours team, upon which, finally, he managed to retire from the sport for good. He medalled in four other World Championships â taking home three silver medals and one bronze. It was an amazing performance, borne of a doubt before the Games which dissipated. The highlight of these Games for the British team was always going to be the men's coxless four rowing, and whether Steve Redgrave could win his fifth Olympic gold medal. British Olympic gold medal winning rower Steve Redgrave pictured holding a bottle of Evian water during a training session in England on 6th May 1991. "By the time he got his diabetes controlled as best he could, he was back to full fitness and I've never seen him pull harder. I remember Sydney 2000 as the greatest Olympic Games I have ever attended. For many years, Sir Steve Redgrave reigned supreme as Great Britainâs greatest ever Olympian, and is still thought of as just that by many. Sports fans watching the BBC's coverage of the Olympic Games have slammed the commentary of five-time gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave - accusing him of being the most 'boring man alive'. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships golds. Sir Steve Redgrave was diagnosed with diabetes in 1997, as he chased his fifth gold. Steve Rider and Sue Barker look ahead to the millennium Olympics that begin tomorrow in Sydney. SIR STEVE REDGRAVE won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. Lists like this always have a lot of omissions and I could think of quite a few imo and in my view. Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Steve Redgrave is applauded by his teammates after winning his fifth gold medal at the Sydney Olympics. Sir Steve Redgrave wins his fifth Olympic gold medal at the Sydney Games in 2000 (Photo: Clive Brunskill /Allsport) By Rob Hastings July 5, 2016 6:36 pm (Updated July 15, 2020 2:57 pm) The 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia, and showcased individual performances by local favorite Ian Thorpe in the pool, Briton Steve Redgrave who won a rowing gold medal in an unprecedented fifth consecutive Olympics, and Cathy Freeman, an Indigenous Australian whose triumph in the 400 meters united a packed stadium. In 2000, he copped his fifth straight Olympic Gold Medal and hung up his paddles from the sport. Plus a look ahead to tomorrow when Steve Redgrave begins his bid for a fifth successive Olympic rowing gold medal. After giving people 'permission to shoot me' if they saw him in a boat after Atlanta 1996, Redgrave changed his mind and came back to win his fifth gold medal.
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