Steve Redgrave Marlow School. Redgrave's primary discipline was sweep rowing where he won Olympic Gold rowing both bowside and strokeside (port and starboard). From 1991 the crews in which he rowed became renowned for their consistent dominance, winning almost every time they raced. For much of his career he suffered illness—in 1992 he was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, and in 1997 he was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 2. Redgrave won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000 plus a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Games. Immediately after winning the 1996 Olympic Gold Medal, he stated if
Steve Redgrave anyone found him close to a rowing boat again they could shoot him. However, he changed his mind shortly afterwards, and resumed training after a four-month break. In 2000, he won his fifth consecutive Olympic Gold Medal and retired from the sport. In August 2000, prior to his final Olympic games, the BBC broadcast "Gold Fever", a three-part BBC documentary which had followed the coxless four in the years leading up to the Olympics. It included video diaries recording the highs and lows in the quest for gold. At the medal ceremony after 2000 Summer Olympics he was also presented