2010s
Date | Prizegiver |
2019 | Lieutenant Commander Pete Reed, O.B.E. |
2018 | Dr Dame Katherine Grainger, D.B.E. |
2017 | Helen Glover, M.B.E. & Heather Stanning, O.B.E. |
2016 | Victoria Pendleton, C.B.E. |
2015 | Mike Sweeney, Esq., C.B.E., President of Henley Royal Regatta |
2014 | Sir Ben Ainslie, C.B.E. |
2013 | Dame Diana Ellis, D.B.E., Honorary President of British Rowing |
2012 | The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman David Wootton |
2011 | Sir Chris Hoy, M.B.E. |
2010 | Dame Kelly Holmes, M.B.E., D.B.E. |
VICTORIA PENDLETON, C.B.E.
M. Jacques Rogge, President, International Olympic Committee

2000s
Date | Prizegiver |
2009 | The Rt. Hon The Lord Coe, K.B.E., Chairman of the Organising Committee 2012 London Olympic Games |
2008 | The Rt. Hon. The Lord Moynihan, Chairman, British Olympic Association |
2007 | Sir Richard Sykes, Rector, Imperial College London |
2006 | M. Jacques Rogge, President, International Olympic Committee |
2005 | Sir Matthew Pinsent, C.B.E. |
2004 | H.S.H. The Prince Albert of Monaco |
2003 | Mr. John Coates, member of the International Olympic Committee & President of the Australian Olympic Committee |
2002 | Mrs. Mary McAleese, The President of Ireland |
2001 | Sir Steve Redgrave, C.B.E. |
2000 | The Lord Cowdrey, C.B.E. |
1990s
Date | Prizegiver |
1999 | H.R.H. The Princess Royal |
1998 | H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh |
1997 | Ms. Anita DeFrantz, Member of the International Olympic Committee |
1996 | Mr. J. G. P. Crowden, H. M. Lord Lieutenant for Cambridgeshire |
1995 | The Rt. Hon. Betty Boothroyd, M. P., Speaker of the House of Commons |
1994 | C. C. Reedie, Esq., Chairman of the British Olympic Association |
1993 | P. R. C. Coni, Esq., O.B.E., Q.C. |
1992 | M. Denis Oswald, President of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron |
1991 | General Sir Peter de la Billière, K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. & Bar |
1990 | Mrs. Mary Glen-Haig, C.B.E., International Olympic Committee |
1980s
Date | Prizegiver |
1989 | H.R.H. Prince Michael of Kent |
1988 | H..R.H. The Princess Royal |
1987 | Don Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee |
1986 | The Lord Hunt of Llanfair Waterdine, K.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. |
1985 | H.R.H. The Prince Andrew |
1984 | H.R.H. Prince Michael of Kent |
1983 | The Rt. Hon. The Lord Franks, O.M., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., C.B.E., P.C. |
1982 | C. G. V. Davidge, Esq., O.B.E., President of the Amateur Rowing Association |
1981 | H.S.H. Princess Grace of Monaco |
1980 | H.R.H. Prince Michael of Kent |
1970s
Date | Prizegiver |
1979 | His Excellency The Hon. Kingman Brewster, Ambassador of the United States of America |
1978 | John L. Garton, Esq., C.B.E., President of Henley Royal Regatta |
1977 | The Lord Killanin, President of the International Olympic Committee |
1976 | H.R.H. Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Mrs. Angus Ogilvy |
1975 | M. Thomas Keller, President of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron |
1974 | The Rt. Hon. Edward Heath, M.B.E., M.P. |
1973 | The Lord Porritt, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O. |
1972 | Dr. Roger Bannister, C.B.E., Chairman of the Sports Council. |
1971 | The Most Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, K.C.M.G., President of the British Olympic Association. |
1970 | The Rt. Hon. The Lord Nugent of Guildford, P.C., Chairman of the Thames Conservancy. |
1960s
Date | Prizegiver |
1969 | The Rt. Hon. Sir Alec Douglas-Home, K.T., M.P. |
1968 | Sir Alan Herbert |
1967 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Charles Elworthy, G.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.V.O., D.F.C., A.F.C. |
1966 | Admiral Sir Varyl Begg, G.C.B., D.S.O., D.S.C., Chief of Naval Staff & First Sea Lord |
1965 | The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies, K.T., C.H., The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia |
1964 | Senator Leverett Saltonstall |
1963 | Sir John Wolfenden, C.B.E. |
1962 | M. Thomas Keller, President of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron |
1961 | Lt. Col. C. D. Burnell, D.S.O., O.B.E. |
1960 | His Excellency Mr. John Hay Whitney, The American Ambassador |
1950s & 1940s
Date | Prizegiver |
1959 | The Dowager Viscountess Hambleden, D.C.V.O. |
1958 | His Excellency The Rt. Hon. Sir Eric Harrison, K.C.V.O., High Commissioner for Australia |
1957 | The Earl of Iveagh, K.G. |
1956 | M. Gaston Mullegg, President of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron |
1955 | Sir Gerald Kelly, K.C.V.O. |
1954 | Sir Pelham Warner, M.B.E. |
1953 | Mrs. G. C. Bourne |
1952 | His Excellency The Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas White, K.B.E., D.F.C., V.D., High Commissioner for Australia |
1951 | Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord Tedder, G.C.B. |
1950 | His Excellency Mr. Lewis W. Douglas, The American Ambassador |
1949 | Mrs. Winston Churchill, G.B.E. |
1948 | The Viscount Nuffield, G.B.E. |
1947 | The Viscountess Hambleden |
1946 | H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth |
H.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth
