A few days ago, The Daily Telegraph asked the question: ‘Of all the British heroes and heroines of past Olympic Games, who is the greatest Olympian of them all?’

Silly question, really, as we rowers know who this person is, but just for the fun of it, let’s play along…. Well, actually, we did not have to worry as Sir Steven Redgrave got 58% of the votes, to compare with second-placed Daley Thompson, the decathlete, who received 13%.

Read The Daily Telegraph article here.