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
Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics lost his Olympic record to France's Renaud Lavillenie, after failing to clear the height in the finals. Australia left London with a total of three track and field medals at the Olympics. Sprint hurdler and pre-Olympic favorite Sally Pearson became the first woman to win the nation's gold medal in the track and field since Cathy Freeman in 2000. Long jumper Mitchell Watt, competing at his first Olympics, became the fourth man to claim the silver medal in that event. Jared Tallent was initially presented with the silver medal for the men's 50 km race walk, matching the silver medal