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Steve Redgrave

Chronology

1962	Born March 23 in Marlow, England
1984	Wins first Olympic gold medal at Los Angeles games
1986	Becomes triple gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, winning the single scull, coxless pairs, and coxed four
1986	Wins first World Championship
1988	Wins second Olympic gold medal as well as a bronze at Seoul games
1992	Wins third Olympic gold medal in Barcelona; flagbearer for British Olympic Team
1993	Completes first of four consecutive unbeaten seasons (1993-96) during which he records 61 straight victories in the coxless pairs event
1996	Wins fourth Olympic gold medal in Atlanta; flagbearer for British Olympic Team
1996	Receives honorary degree from the University of Durham
1999	Wins ninth World Championship
2000	With victory at Sydney Games, becomes second athlete ever—and the first in an endurance sport—to win gold medals at five successive Olympics.