Martin Cross Athlete
Martin Patrick Cross is an Olympic gold medal-winning oarsman. He won the gold medal in the coxed four at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with Steve Redgrave, Richard Budgett, Andy Holmes, and Adrian Ellison. He published an autobiography entitled Olympic Obsession in 2001, and is currently working part-time as a History and Politics teacher at Hampton School. He writes about rowing for The Guardian. Cross also won a gold medal in the coxed fours at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, silver medals in the coxless fours at the World Junior Championships in 1975 and in coxless pairs at the World Championships in 1985, and bronze medals in the coxless fours at the World Championships in 1978 and 1979 and the Olympics in 1980, and in the eight at the World Championships in 1991. He has been described by his close friends as "An inspiration to not just the rowing world, but the whole of the sporting world. " Martin Cross now lives with his wife and 3 children and dog in London, England. Cross studied at Queen Mary, University of London, rowing for the college boat club.