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 four golds, dressage rider Charlotte Dujardin having briefly taken that title with three golds and a silver from previous incumbent cyclist Victoria Pendleton. Katherine Grainger's fifth consecutive medal, a silver, made her Britain's joint most decorated female Olympian, with Kathleen McKane Godfree and made her one of only five British Olympians (with Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Ben Ainslie, Sir Bradley Wiggins and Jack Beresford) to win medals in five Games running. Gymnast Max Whitlock won Britain's first ever gold medals in gymnastics, in men's floor and pommel horse, while Great Britain's seven gymnastics medals, a record for the team, included