10 quick and quirky facts about Steve Redgrave
1. In his first race abroad he learned the French sentence for the starting signal, but it was shouted out in German
2. He recommends that young people keen to row should start at the age of 13
3. The first time his school team took on Eton, they won
4. He stands at a towering 1 metre and 93 cm
5. Margaret Thatcher asked his team not to compete in the 1980 Russian Olympics for political reasons
6. He is dyslexic
7. In 1984 his wife Ann represented the UK in the women’s eight rowing race in the Los Angeles Olympics, USA
8. He was part of the 1989 British bobsleigh team
9. He still loves to compete in the annual Henley regatta
10. He holds five consecutive Olympic gold medals, making him the greatest Olympian Britain has produced
