Table of Contents
- 1 Who is the most decorated Olympic rower?
- 2 Who won the first gold medal in volleyball?
- 3 How many golds did Steve Redgrave win?
- 4 Who won the gold medal in men’s volleyball?
- 5 What year did 2 person volleyball start in the Olympics?
- 6 Which Olympics did Steve Redgrave win his 5th gold medal?
- 7 When did Steve Redgrave get diagnosed with diabetes?
- 8 When did Steve Redgrave win the World Rowing Championship?
- 9 When did Steve Redgrave carry the Olympic torch?
Who is the most decorated Olympic rower?
Steve Redgrave
The best all-time performing rower at the Olympic Games is Romanian Elisabeta Lipă who won eight medals (5 of them gold) between 1984–2000. The highest ranked male is British rower Steve Redgrave also with five gold medals.
Who won the first gold medal in volleyball?
Brazil
In the men’s competition, Brazil won its first gold medal, and the Netherlands its first overall medal in the sport. On 18 September 1993, at the 101st IOC session in Monte Carlo, the Committee voted to add beach volleyball for both men and women to the Olympic programme effective with the 1996 Atlanta Games.
How many golds did Steve Redgrave win?
five gold medals
The legend of Sir Steve Redgrave, the only rower to have won five gold medals – Olympic News.
How tall is Steve Redgrave?
6′ 5″
Steve Redgrave/Height
Who won gold with Steve Redgrave?
Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave CBE DL (born 23 March 1962) is a British retired rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships golds….Steve Redgrave.
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Who won the gold medal in men’s volleyball?
France
France and ROC played a thrilling gold-medal match that lasted five sets, but the French prevailed and won its first-ever men’s volleyball gold medal, thanks to outstanding performances by outside hitter Earvin Ngapeth, Jean Patry and Trevor Clevenot.
What year did 2 person volleyball start in the Olympics?
1996
In 1995, the sport of volleyball was 100 years old! In 1996, two-person beach volleyball became an Olympic sport.
Which Olympics did Steve Redgrave win his 5th gold medal?
Sydney
Olympic Games: Sydney, Australia, 2000 British rower Steven Redgrave won his fifth consecutive gold medal, an unmatched feat in his sport.
Where did Steve Redgrave win his last gold medal?
coxless fours
23 September 2000 – Redgrave wins gold No. It meant he’d achieved gold at every Olympics since 1984. He won his final gold, in the coxless fours, alongside Matthew Pinsent, James Cracknell and Tim Foster. It was a dramatic race. The British crew beat Italy by less than half a second.
What kind of medals did Steven Redgrave win?
Among his other honours were several victories in the Henley Royal Regatta Diamond Sculls, and in 1986 he earned three Commonwealth Games gold medals, winning the single sculls, coxless pairs, and coxed fours. He was knighted in 2001. This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen, Corrections Manager.
When did Steve Redgrave get diagnosed with diabetes?
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 Olympics .
When did Steve Redgrave win the World Rowing Championship?
At the World Rowing Championships he won nine gold medals, two silvers, and a bronze. He won the World Championship for Indoor rowing in 1991.
When did Steve Redgrave carry the Olympic torch?
In April 2008, Redgrave took part in the Olympic Torch relay for the games in Beijing, and he went on to be one of the final torch-bearers 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.