Sport in the United Kingdom sporting arena in rowing. It is widely considered that the sport's most successful rower is Steve Redgrave who won five gold medals and one bronze medal at five consecutive Olympic Games, as well as numerous wins at the World Rowing Championships and Henley Royal Regatta. There are many other sports in which Britons compete, sometimes with success, but which do not receive much attention outside a small number of aficionados except during major events such as the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games, or when a British athlete does something extraordinary such as breaking a world record. Examples include judo, gliding,
Hugh Matheson (rower) Hugh Matheson (rower) Hugh Patrick Matheson (born 16 April 1949) at Ormiston near Hawick, Scotland is a British rower who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1972 Olympic Games in Munich he was a crew member of the British boat which finished tenth in the coxed four event. In 1974 he was a member of the British eight which won the silver medal at the Lucerne World Championships. At the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games he won the silver medal with the British boat in the eights competition. After