Identified Athletes - GBR
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Stamp GBR 2012 Aug. 5th - OG London - LW2X gold medal for Katherine Copeland & Sophie Hosking (GBR)
MI 3303
SC 3056
SG 3351
YV 3699
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Stamp GBR 2012 Aug. 5th - OG London - M4- gold medal for Alex Gregory, Tom James, Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs Hodge (GBR)
MI 3302
SC 3055
SG 3350
YV 3700
SG 3350a
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Stamp GBR 2012 Sept. 4th - Paralympic Games London - LTAMix4+ gold medal for P. Relph, N. Riches, J. Roe & D. Smith, cox L. van den Broecke (GBR)
MI 3336
SC 3086
SG 3381
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Stamp GBR-IOM 2004 July 1st - GBR M4- crew after their gold medal win at OG Sydney 2000
MI 1142
SC 1049
YV 1171
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Stamp GEQ (unauthorized) depicting Zag Purchase & Mark Hunter (GBR), LM2X gold medal winners OG Beijing 2008
This LM2X pair also won the silver medal
at OG London 2012
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Stamp GEQ SS unauthorized & undated issue depicting Katherine Grainger (GBR), W2X gold medal winner OG London 2012
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Stamp GEQ unauthorized & undated issue depicting Andrew Triggs Hodge & Peter Reed (GBR), three times Olympic champions 2008 (M4-), 2012 (M4-) and 2016 (M8+)
Gold medal wins
2005 WRC Gifu M4-
2006 WRC Eton M4-
2008 OG Beijing M4-
2012 OG London M4-
2013 WRC Chungju M8+
2014 WRC Amsterdam
2016 OG Rio de Janeiro
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Stamp GEQ unauthorized & undated issue depicting Zac Purchase & Mark Hunter (GBR), LM2X gold medal winners at OG Beijing 2008
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Stamp GUY 2022 (unauthorized issue) Helen Glover & Heather Stanning (GBR), W2- gold medal winners OG London 2012
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Stamp GUY 2022 SS (unauthorized issue) OG London 2012
Upper left corner: W2- gold medal winner crew GBR
Upper right corner: M4X gold medal winner crew GER
Lower right corner: M2X gold medal winner crew NZL
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Stamp IOM 2021 July 15th Great British Athletes - Sidney Swans + Steve Redgrave
Sidney Swans won the M8+
gold medal at OG Stockholm
1912 and the M8+ silver
medal at OG Antwerp 1920
Steve Redgrave is the most
successful Olympic rower of
all times. He won five Olympic
gold medals in five consecutive
Olympic Games 1984 - 2000.
!984: M4+
1988, 1992, 1996: M2-
2000: M4-
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Stamp MAD 2020 (unauthorized issue) - Charlotte Taylor & Katherine Copeland (GBR), LW2X gold medal winners ERC Poznan 2015
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Stamp MAD 2020 (unauthorized issue) - Helen Glover & Heather Stanning (GBR), W2- gold medal winners OG London 2012 and OG Rio de Janeiro 2016
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Stamp MDV 2008 Jan. 8th - Jack Beresford (GBR 1899-1977) after his M2X gold medal win at OG Berlin 1936
MI 4662
MI 4659-62 A
MI 4659-62 B
MI SS 618 A
MI SS 618 B
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Stamp NCA 1976 Sept. 7th OG Montreal - Jack Beresford & Leslie Southwood (GBR), M2X gold medal winners at OG Berlin 1936
MI 1951
SC 1025
SG 2076
YV 1054
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Stamp PRK 1978 June 16th (perforated & imperforated) - William Kinnear (GBR), M1X gold medal winner at OG Stockhom 1912
MI 1763
SC 1730
SG 1756
YV 1501D
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Stamp SLE 2015 Dec. 21st OG London 2012 - M4- gold medal for GBR
MI 6749
YV 5602
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Stamp SOM (unauthorized & undated issue) Katherine Grainger (GBR)
Katherine Grainger is the most
successful British female rower:
OG Sydney 2000 W4X silver medal
OG Athens 2004 W2- silver medal
OG Beijing 2008 W4X silver medal
OG London 2012 W2X gold medal
OG Rio de Janeiro 2016 W2X silver medal
WRC Milan 2003 W2- gold medal
WRC Gifu 2005 W4X gold medal
WRC Eton 2006 W4X gold medal
WRC Munich 2007 W4X gold medal
WRC Karapiro 2010 W2X gold medal
WRC Bled 2011 W2X gold medal
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Stamp SOM (unauthorized & undated issue) Olympic gold medal winner 2016 Andrew Triggs Hodge (GBR)
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Stamp SOM (unauthorized & undated) Andrew Triggs Hodge & Peter Reed (GBR)
Andrew Triggs Hodge and Peter Reed (GBR) won
three Olympic gold medals: 2008 Beijing (M4-),
2012 London (M4-) and 2016 Rio de Janeiro (M8+).
They were also members of British gold medal
winner crews: 2005 WRC Gifu (M4-), 2006 WRC
Eton (M4-) and 2013 WRC Chungju (M8+). At the
WRC 2014 Amsterdam A. Triggs Hodge won the M4-
whereas P. Reed was a member of the victorious
British M8+. He repeated this success at WRC
Aiguebelette 2015.