Sir Mathew Pinsent
Posted by Concept2 News on the 11th of June 2005
Olympic hero and all-round legend Matthew Pinsent was knighted on Tuesday. One of the greatest oarsmen of all time, he finished his sporting career with an awesome four Olympic and ten World Championship gold medals. For the past couple of years, Matthew has been on the International Olympic Committee in some form or other and is currently heavily involved in Britain's bid to win the 2012 Olympic bid.His crew-mates from the Athens Olympics were also honoured, with Ed Coode and Steve Williams being made MBEs and James Cracknell an OBE.