Steve Redgrave for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, carrying the torch into the stadium, where seven young athletes shared the task of lighting the cauldron at the opening ceremony. In August 2014, Redgrave was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to "The Guardian" expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue. He married Ann Callaway (now Ann, Lady Redgrave) in 1988; an accomplished rower in her own right, she represented Great Britain in the women's eight at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and
Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics 1916), George Wilkinson and Charles Sydney Smith (both 1904-1912), rower Steve Redgrave (in men's coxless pair from 1988 to 1996)) and sailor Ben Ainslie (in the Finn class between 2004-2012). Kenny was immediately followed onto this list by a seventh 'three-peat', fellow cyclist Ed Clancy, who sealed his third consecutive team pursuit gold medal. Indeed, Clancy and Kenny, along with American road cyclist Kristin Armstrong (in women's time trial) became the first three cyclists to ever achieve the feat. Cyclist Laura Trott also won two gold medals to become Britain's most successful all time female Olympian with a total of