Neale Lavis
| Neale Lavis | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Neale John Lavis |
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Discipline | Eventing |
| Born | 11 June 1930 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 6 October 2019 (aged 89) Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia |
Medal record | |
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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External links
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- Neale Lavis at the National Museum of Australia, featuring photos and video footage
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- 1930 births
- 2019 deaths
- Olympic equestrians for Australia
- Australian 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
- Australian event riders
- 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
- Sportspeople from Murwillumbah
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen