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Sir Steve Redgrave

World famous Olympian Sir Steve Redgrave hails from Marlow. The rower, who holds 5 gold medals from 5 successive Olympic Games, attended Great Marlow School, where he first started rowing. He then joined the famous Leander Rowing Club at Henley.

As well as his 5 Olympic Golds (the first in Los Angeles in 1984, the last in Sydney in 2000), Redgrave is also 9 times World Champion and triple Commonweath Champion. There is a statue of Sir Steve in Marlow's Higginson Park to commemorate him becoming Britain's Greatest Olympian after the Sydney 2000 games.