Neale Lavis
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Full name | Neale John Lavis | |||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Eventing | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1930-06-11)11 June 1930 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 October 2019(2019-10-06) (aged 89) Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
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Neale John Lavis OAM (11 June 1930 – 6 October 2019)[1] was an Australian equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and a silver medal in individual eventing.[2] He also participated at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, but did not win any medals there.[3] He later became involved with a cattle and racehorse stud in Braidwood, which produced Just A Dash, the winner of the 1981 Melbourne Cup, and Strawberry Road, the 1982/83 Racehorse of the Year.[3] After the Rome Olympics, he married Velma; they had four children.[4]
Lavis was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1989,[3] received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1999,[5] and received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000.[6]
References
- ^ Wheatley, Bronwyn; Uytendaal, Kerry (8 October 2019). "Unforgettable: Bodalla lad who won gold". Narooma News. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Neale Lavis". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
- ^ a b c "Neale Lavis". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Neale Lavis". National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Lavis, Neale John". It's an Honour. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Lavis, Neale: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
External links
- Neale Lavis at Olympics.com
- Neale Lavis at Olympedia
- Neale Lavis at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Neale Lavis at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
- Neale Lavis at the National Museum of Australia, featuring photos and video footage]
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- 1912:
Nordlander, Adlercreutz, Casparsson, Åminne (SWE)
- 1920:
Mörner, Lundström, von Braun, Dyrsch (SWE)
- 1924:
van der Voort van Zijp, de Mortanges, de Kruijff, Colenbrander (NED)
- 1928:
de Mortanges, de Kruijff, van der Voort van Zijp (NED)
- 1932:
Thomson, Chamberlin, Argo (USA)
- 1936:
Stubbendorf, Lippert, von Wangenheim (GER)
- 1948:
Henry, Anderson, Thomson (USA)
- 1952:
von Blixen-Finecke, Stahre, Frölén (SWE)
- 1956:
Weldon, Rook, Hill (GBR)
- 1960:
Morgan, Lavis, Roycroft (AUS)
- 1964:
Checcoli, Angioni, Ravano (ITA)
- 1968:
Allhusen, Meade, Jones (GBR)
- 1972:
Meade, Gordon-Watson, Parker, Phillips (GBR)
- 1976:
Coffin, Plumb, Davidson, Tauskey (USA)
- 1980:
Blinov, Salnikov, Volkov, Rogozhin (URS)
- 1984:
Plumb, Stives, Fleischmann, Davidson (USA)
- 1988:
Erhorn, Baumann, Kaspareit, Ehrenbrink (FRG)
- 1992:
Green, Rolton, Hoy, Ryan (AUS)
- 1996:
Schaeffer, Rolton, Hoy, Dutton (AUS)
- 2000:
Dutton, Hoy, Tinney, Ryan (AUS)
- 2004:
Boiteau, Lyard, Courrèges, Teulère, Touzaint (FRA)
- 2008:
Thomsen, Ostholt, Dibowski, Klimke, Romeike (GER)
- 2012:
Auffarth, Jung, Klimke, Schrade, Thomsen (GER)
- 2016:
Laghouag, Lemoine, Nicolas, Vallette (FRA)
- 2020:
Collett, McEwen, Townend (GBR)
- 2024:
Canter, McEwen, Collett (GBR)