He also played a key role in helping England to win the bid to host the Olympics in 2012 and is now committed to ensuring the event provides a lasting legacy for sport, as well as promoting the best of present day Britain around the world in the run-up to London 2012. After retiring, Redgrave was knighted the following year. In 1997 at the age of 35, the nine-time world champion was diagnosed with diabetes. He had a minor appearance in Dead in the Water, the second episode of the eighth series of Midsomer Murders, originally aired on 17 October 2004. The Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards was presented to five-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave by former Sports Personality … With so many deserving champions I will leave the choice entirely up to you. Video, 00:04:46, MOTDx: Top Gear team rank footballers' cars, 'It's a cracker' - Coventry's Crackle hits stunner in Women's Championship. Horoscope. There was so much riding on it, it was very emotional and still is.". He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships golds. Great Britain’s most successful rower, Sir Steve Redgrave, was voted fourth in the Radio Times poll. A fitting award for Britain's most successful Olympian ever, who on 23 September 2000 entered the record books as the only athlete ever to have won five consecutive Olympic gold medals. It looked like the decision had been taken out of his hands and his incredible rowing career would finally be over. The ultimate Olympian - Steve Redgrave Five times Olympic gold medallist Steve Redgrave is celebrating after being named BBC Sports Personality of the Year. 2004 Dame Kelly Holmes. BBC Sports Personality of the Year will be televised on BBC One on the evening of Sunday December 20th and the winner will be named on the night after a public vote. Olympic rower, Sir Steve Redgrave won five Gold Medals in five consecutive Olympic Games, an unparalleled feat that still stands today. Sports Personality Olympic rowing legend Sir Steve Redgrave has been given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year event. External Links. - a chronic inflammatory bowel condition which, it has just been revealed, also affects Manchester United and Scotland footballer Darren Fletcher. The Marlow rower is held in such high esteem that when the Daily Telegraphexternal-link asked 2,400 surviving British Olympic athletes from summer and winter Games whom they considered to be the greatest British Olympian of all time, 58% went for Redgrave. "If you're fit in the first place you have a better chance of getting back to full fitness. Awards BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award, Laureus World Sports … Football. No questions for Porto's Conceicao, Highlights: Olympic champions Great Britain beat Ireland 2-1 in series opener. But, under the guidance of medical experts, Redgrave fought on, winning his famous fifth gold medal at the Sydney Olympics - alongside Pinsent, Tim Foster and James Cracknell in the coxless fours. Video, 00:01:44Zaha has a right not to take a knee - Hodgson, 'Murray Walker we adore you' - Formula 1 legend in his own words. Redgrave was one of the final torchbearers for the London 2012 Olympics, and carried the torch into the stadium in Queen Elizabeth Park. Video, 00:04:59, Havertz impresses Tuchel in Chelsea win over Everton. Video, 00:01:44, Zaha has a right not to take a knee - Hodgson, 'Murray Walker we adore you' - Formula 1 legend in his own words. Video, 00:02:27, Arteta keen to move on after dropping Aubameyang, Zaha has a right not to take a knee - Hodgson. The BBC Sports Personality of the Year is an awards ceremony that takes place annually in December. Read about our approach to external linking. Referee made wrong decision on penalty - Mourinho. Video, 00:02:27Highlights: Olympic champions Great Britain beat Ireland 2-1 in series opener, 'It was an ugly game' - Smith on Villa draw. He is regarded as one of Britain's greatest-ever Olympians, the most successful male rower in Olympic history, and the only man to have won gold medals at five Olympic … Three of Redgrave’s Olympic gold medals were won alongside his long-term rowing partner Matthew Pinsent. Last updated on 22 December 201122 December 2011.From the section Sports Personality. He said: "I think the 2012 Olympics will be very special.". Redgrave added another award to his collection. Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave is a retired British rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. In addition to his achievements at the Olympics, Redgrave also won nine World Championship gold medals, as well as three at the Commonwealth Games. In 2011, Redgrave received a BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award. Two people have been given the honour on more than one occasion: biathlete Mike Dixon three times at the Winter Games, and rower Steve Redgrave twice for the Summer Games. This year capped a perfect career for Redgrave who, at the Sydney … But after contemplating calling time on his career, Redgrave set his sights on a fifth Olympic gold, driven by an intense desire to be the best. Video, 00:03:06, Referee made wrong decision on penalty - Mourinho, Arteta keen to move on after dropping Aubameyang. Check all the awards won and nominated for by Steve Redgrave - BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award (2011) , Laureus World Sports Award for Lifetime Achievement (2001) , BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award (2000) and more awards.