Martin Cross Martin Cross Martin Patrick Cross (born 19 July 1957) is a British oarsman. He won the gold medal in the coxed four at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with Redgrave, Budgett, Andy Holmes and Adrian Ellison. Born in London, Cross was educated at Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School He studied at Queen Mary, University of London, rowing for the college boat club. Cross won the gold medal in the coxed four at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with Steve Redgrave, Richard Budgett, Andy Holmes, and Adrian Ellison. He won a gold medal in the coxed fours at the 1986 Commonwealth Games,
Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in rowing, and four in sailing. Nine Australian athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London, while 11 of them managed to claim their Olympic titles for the first time. From the twenty-three sports played by the athletes, fourteen of them contained at least a single Olympic medal. With the absence of baseball and softball at the Olympics, Australia's team-based athletes proved successful in London, as the field hockey teams and the women's basketball team each won bronze medals. For the first time since 2000, Australia did not win an Olympic gold medal in rowing. Among the nation's