Neale Lavis
| Medal record | ||
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| Equestrian | ||
Representing  Australia
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1960 Rome | Eventing, team |
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1960 Rome | Eventing, individual |
Neale John Lavis, OAM[1] (born 11 June 1930) is 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]
Lavis was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1989,[3] received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1999,[1] and received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Lavis, Neale John". It's an Honour. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ "Neale Lavis". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
- ^ a b c "Neale Lavis OAM". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ "Lavis, Neale: Australian Spors Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
Categories:
- 1930 births
- Living people
- Olympic equestrians of Australia
- Australian equestrians
- Male equestrians
- Equestrians at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Event riders from Australia
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
- Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees