Jack the rower in five olympic games

He then won a gold in the coxless fours in , won his third Olympic gold medal in the double sculls in and was in training for a sixth Olympic appearance when war intervened in Until Redgrave duplicated the feat, no other British oarsman came close to matching his record of competing in five Olympics and winning a medal in each.

Beresford, who rowed for the Thames, Kingston and Leander clubs, was awarded the Olympic Diploma of merit in He later managed the British rowing team at the Olympics, and in , Jack Beresford was awarded a CBE for his services to rowing and that same year his nephew Michael Beresford took part in the coxless fours at the Rome Olympics.

This meant that the Beresford's became the first British family to have three generations represent them at the Olympic Games. Olympic Medals. Free live sport events. Unlimited access to series. Sign up here Sign up here. Latest news.

Olympic Results More results. Featured athletes. Berlin He won his first Olympic gold medal at the Los Angeles Games in the coxed with coxswain fours four-oared shell rowing event.

That same year he resolved to focus on rowing pairs over single sculls and on the winter sport of bobsledding. Redgrave subsequently announced his retirement from international rowing but returned once more to win gold in the coxless fours event at the Olympics in Sydney. In addition to his Olympic success, Redgrave won nine world championship gold medals. The legend of Sir Steve Redgrave, the only rower to have won five gold medals 23 Sep Only one rower has won five gold medals at five consecutive editions of the Olympic Games.

From Los Angeles to Sydney , in various boats, on each occasion Sir Steve Redgrave stepped up onto the highest level of the podium. At the Games in Barcelona, Redgrave and Pinsent won gold in the coxless pair event, and they repeated their victory at Atlanta in