Sir Matthew Pinsent CBE
Sir Matthew is one of only 8 athletes in history to win 4 consecutive gold medals at 4 consecutive Olympic games. He works with Xinfu to share his passion for winning and how he learnt to develop fellowships to deliver superior and sustained results over the long term and through intense personal and professional pressure. In speaking or working one on one with Xinfu clients, he draws the key business applicable insights from the dozen years he spent at the top of elite international rowing.
Matthew dominated UK and world rowing for over a decade, initially in the Coxless Pair and later in the Coxless Four. Educated at St Catherine's College, Oxford, Matthew’s rowing career started with consecutive wins in the 1990 and 1991 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Races. That same year, he won his first Olympic medal with Sir Steve Redgrave, aged 21, at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Pinsent and Redgrave were then unbeaten in international competition in 1992.
Indeed, 1992 was the start of an 11 year run in which Matthew won at least one international gold medal every year. Other highs of the 1990s include 7 World Championship Gold medals in the Coxless Pair, 3 World Championship Golds in the Coxless Four and the 2000 Olympic race which was voted “Britain's Greatest Sporting Moment”.
Matthew has spoken at corporate events for major businesses such as Procter & Gamble, IBM, British Telecom, NatWest, Camelot and Lombard.
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