How old is Sir Matthew Pinsent, how many Olympic gold medals did he win and is he the Boat Race 2019 umpire?

THE Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race is fast approaching and Sir Matthew Pinsent will again play his part on race day.

The Olympic rowing legend was umpire for last year’s race and will be back on the Thames once again in 2019.

How old is Sir Matthew Pinsent?

48-year-old Matthew Pinsent was born in Holt, Norfolk in 1970.

He attended Aysgarth School in North Yorkshire before he began rowing at Eton College.

Pinsent has royal ancestry, being directly descended from Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and thus from King Edward I and William the Conqueror.

How many Olympic gold medals has Sir Matthew Pinsent won?

Pinsent has won four Olympic gold medals.

In 1992 in Barcelona and 1996 in Atlanta, he teamed up with five-time gold medalist Steve Redgrave to win the coxless pair.

In 2000, Pinsent and Redgrave were in the same boat again, as they won the coxless four with James Cracknell and Tim Foster.

Pinsent then picked up his fourth gold at Athens 2004 in the coxless four with Cracknell, Steve Williams and Ed Coode.

And he will no doubt be meeting up with Cracknell again at the race as his former team-mate becomes the oldest person ever to compete in the Boat Race, taking to the water with Cambridge.

Is Sir Matthew Pinsent the Boat Race umpire?

Matthew Pinsent was the umpire of last year’s Boat Race.

This year however, he will be taking charge of the reserve Boat Race between the Isis of Oxford and the Goldie of Cambridge.