Sir Matthew Pinsent CBE

Sir Matthew Pinsent CBE, 4-time Olympic gold medallist, 10-time world championship winning rower, turned TV presenter and reporter.

Matthew is an outstanding motivational speaker and after-dinner speaker and has appeared at corporate events for companies including British Telecom, Camelot, IBM, Lombard, NatWest, and Proctor & Gamble.

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More About Sir Matthew Pinsent CBE

Sir Matthew Pinsent began rowing when he was President of the Oxford Rowing Club during his time at University. He would go on to race in the Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race in 1990 and 1991, and lead Oxford to victory by some substantial distance.

In 1992, he competed at the Barcelona Olympics alongside Sir Steve Redgrave, coming home with a gold medal. This would be the beginning of a long partnership as the outstanding pair took winnings at seven World Championships, and gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004.

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In August 2000, Sir Matthew took part in the BBC documentary Gold Fever, which followed the coxless four team made up of Matthew, Steve Redgrave, James Cracknell, and Tim Foster, in the lead up to the Olympic Games. After the 20000 games, Matthew formed his Coxless Pair with Cracknell and they would go on to be undefeated throughout 2001 and break the world record by four seconds!

Matthew Pinsent Awards & Achievements

Matthew was elected to the International Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission in 2001.

He was awarded an MBE in 1993, and the CBE in 2000, before being knighted in 2004 for his services to rowing.

He was awarded the coveted ‘Thomas Keller Medal’ by the International Rowing Federation in 2005.

Matthew Pinsent TV Presenter

Since retiring from rowing, Matthew has worked for the BBC as a sports bulletin presenter and reporter. He is often seen commentating on key events such as Henley Royal Regatta, the Boat Races, and the Olympics – most recently at the 2024 games in Paris.

Pinsent also directed Unbelievable – The Chad Le Clos, a documentary following swimmer Chad Le Clos.

In June 2012, Matthew rowed on the Gloriana as part of the royal pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. He appeared again on the Gloriana the following month, bearing the Olympic torch as it crossed the river Thames.

Matthew Pinsent Motivational Speaking

He has appeared at corporate events for some of the most prestigious International companies such as Proctor & Gamble, IBM, British Telecom, NatWest, Camelot and Lombard. Sir Matthew is an outstanding motivational speaker and after-dinner speaker who has hosted at corporate events for some of the biggest global brands such as NatWest and Camelot.

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Testimonials

‘Matthew’s speech was excellent and extremely motivational. He commanded the stage and captivated the audience. I would like to use him for every conference’.
IBM

‘On behalf of the Management Team at SCA, I would like to thank you for attending our annual conference. Your excellent presentation was most appropriate for our theme of Delivering Excellence. You told us most clearly, the many aspects to doing just that when you achieved your goals. Our delegates are still talking about your presentation’.
SCA UK

‘Our thanks for your professional and inspirational contribution to our conference, the combination of your team and individual achievements was entirely appropriate and hit all the right notes’.
Alliance & Leicester

‘Matthew was excellent, he really helped get across the team spirit to achieve success which the client was very happy about. He chatted and spent a great deal of time with the guests. I would certainly recommend him to anyone’.
Royal Bank of Scotland

‘All our senior Chief Executives had great things to say about Matthew, he was a fantastic speaker’.
NatWest

‘Thank you so much for speaking at our annual conference, it was a privilege to hear you speak. The delegates were inspired and captured listening to you. You deserved the standing ovation, congratulations.’
Consignia

‘A big ‘Thank you’ to Matthew for yesterday, it was great to meet him. The whole day went well and Matthew’s talk was fantastic! I hope he enjoyed himself too and I hope I have the opportunity to work with him again soon.’
Procter & Gamble

‘Many thanks for attending our Business Excellence Awards, you proved to be an extremely popular guest speaker’.
Cambridge Newspapers

‘Manpower was delighted to have Matthew present at the CIPD conference last year. He helped to attract a great deal of attention to our stand and went out of his way to talk to both prospective and existing clients thereby giving a good impression on behalf of Manpower. We would like to thank Matthew for his support and professionalism on the day.’
ManPower