Neale Lavis

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Neale Lavis
Personal information
Full nameNeale John Lavis
Nationality Australia
DisciplineEventing
Born(1930-06-11)11 June 1930
Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Died6 October 2019(2019-10-06) (aged 89)
Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Eventing, team
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome Eventing, individual

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]

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