Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics the nation's first gold medal in his sport for 12 years. By winning two gold medals in London, track cyclist Chris Hoy emerged as Great Britain's most successful athlete in Olympic history with a total of seven medals, including six golds which surpassed the five golds won by former rower Steve Redgrave. Hoy also tied for the most total Olympic medals for a Briton with road cyclist Bradley Wiggins, who won the gold in men's time trial. Ben Ainslie became the most successful sailor in Olympic history, after winning his fourth gold medal in the Finn class. With three medals
Anne Warner (rower) Anne Warner (rower) Anne Elizabeth Taubes Warner (born August 24, 1954) is a lawyer and a rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics for the United States. Warner was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Five Fields, Lexington, Massachusetts. In 1976 she was a member of the American eight-oared crew which won the bronze medal. Warner qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. In 2007, she received one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes. She was a member of four