Equestrians at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Bruce Davidson, James C. Wofford, Hans Gnter Winkler, David Broome, Mark Phillips, Ian Millar (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Bruce Davidson, James C. Wofford, Hans Gnter Winkler, David Broome, Mark Phillips, Ian Millar, Yelena Petushkova, Raimondo D'inzeo, William Steinkraus, Piero D'inzeo, Josef Neckermann, Jim Elder, Harvey Smith, Bill Roycroft, Graziano Mancinelli, Liselott Linsenhoff, Christilot Hanson-Boylen, Frank Chapot, Ivan Kizimov, Fritz Ligges, Ivan Kalita, Richard Meade, Bridget Parker, Elizabeth Ashton, Gerhard Wiltfang, Luis lvarez de Cervera, Mary Gordon-Watson, Hartwig Steenken. Excerpt: Olympic medal record James William "Bill" George Roycroft OBE (born 17 March 1915) is a former Olympic equestrian champion who competed for Australia in five consecutive Summer Olympic Games: 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976. As of 14 February 2008 Roycroft is Australia's oldest surviving Olympian. He was born in Flowerdale, Victoria . Although seriously injured during the 1960 Olympics in Rome, he left his hospital bed to compete in Show Jumping, which was the final event. He rode a flawless round, and Australia won the Gold Medal. He was one of the eight flag-bearers of the Olympic Flag at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Medal record Bridget Parker (born 5 January 1939) is a British equestrian and Olympic champion. She won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and finished tenth in individual eventing. Parker rode a horse named Cornish Gold at the 1972 Olympic Games. The British team gold medal was later called one of the "30 greatest sporting achievements of all time" by Times magazine. References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Medal record Bruce Oram Davidson (born December 31, 1949 in Rome...