Stevenson missed out on Rio 2016, watched Tokyo 2020 on the TV and will now be competing at Paris 2024.
Three years ago, Gregg Stevenson watched Great Britan’s rowers compete in Tokyo on the television in his sitting room.
“I thought my rowing career was over,” said Stevenson, who is part of Aldi’s Nearest and Dearest programme in partnership with Team GB, helping to maximise support and minimise potential distractions for athletes so that they can focus on their performance. While this turn of events was not one Stevenson had predicted, stepping away from rowing had prompted him to reflect on other aspects of his life that came to serve him well when he did return to the water.
Stevenson spent time with his wife and two daughters and used his experiences in the military to train as an NHS mental health practitioner, but the Lancashire man never strayed too far from a rowing machine. Stevenson does not have a history of shying away from hard tasks, after losing both his legs in Afghanistan while serving as a Royal Engineer Commando in 2009 required him to learn to walk again.
“One of my biggest motivators for joining was to get some discipline in my life, which I was fortunate to find. The biggest thing I learnt was that it’s all about keeping things simple. You must turn up every day, work hard, not get too far ahead of yourself, and put the graft in. There’s no way to cheat that.
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