🚣Matthew Pinsent

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United KingdomCountry

1992–2004Career

Why they rank here

Four Olympic golds, all of them, from the coxless pair with Redgrave in 1992 and 1996 to the coxless fours of 2000 and 2004. He is the other half of the pair that carried British rowing from Barcelona to Atlanta, and then the stroke-side constant of the fours that followed. Four golds in four Games, with no Olympic medal of another colour, is as clean a sweep career as the sport has. Redgrave's fifth gold is the reason Pinsent sits fourth rather than beside him.

Career profile

Olympic golds

4

Olympic medals

4

Games raced

4

Career years

12

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vs Steve Redgravevs Elisabeta Lipăvs Georgeta Damianvs Kathrin Boronvs Pertti Karppinenvs Vyacheslav Ivanovvs Hamish Bondvs Ekaterina Karstenvs Mahe Drysdalevs Olaf Tuftevs Emma Twigg

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1 Steve Redgrave2 Elisabeta Lipă3 Georgeta Damian5 Kathrin Boron6 Pertti Karppinen7 Vyacheslav Ivanov8 Hamish Bond9 Ekaterina Karsten

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