Within the quiet nation village of Nailsworth within the Cotswolds stand two shiny publish bins. They have been painted gold by Royal Mail to have a good time native hero Pete Reed, who gained gold within the males's 4 rowing on the 2012 London Olympic Video games.
Though Reed was born in Seattle, USA, his household moved to England a number of months later, and he grew up in Nailsworth, attending an area college and later school in close by Cirencester.
Reed went on to win gold at three successive Olympic Video games: first in Beijing in 2008, then in London in 2012, and once more in Rio in 2016. He additionally gained 5 gold medals on the World Rowing Championships. He had been coaching for the 2020 Tokyo Video games however retired beforehand.
Reed was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) within the 2017 New 12 months Honours for providers to rowing.
In 2019, the Triple Olympic gold medallist introduced through Instagram that he had turn into paralyzed from the chest down after struggling a spinal stroke. Since then, Reed has turn into a vocal advocate for incapacity entry and inclusion.
