Larry Olsen

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Larry Olsen (born 1948 in Nudgee Beach, Queensland) is an Australian retired jockey and current reporter for Sky News Australia who is best known for riding Kensei to victory in the 1987 Melbourne Cup.^[1]

In 2007, Olsen was inducted into the Queensland Racing Hall of Fame.^[2]

Olsen married Townsville-born Maureen in the early 1970s, and remained together until her death caused by cancer, aged 61, on 1 November 2011 at a Gold Coast hospital, exactly 24 years after Olsen's Melbourne Cup victory. She was survived by her three children with Olsen, and five grandchildren.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Larry Olsen
↑ The highs and lows of Larry Olsen
↑ Cup winning jockey Larry Olsen's wife dies
↑ Brisbane-based former Melbourne Cup champion jockey Larry Olsen mourning death of wife Maureen on 24th anniversary of Cup win

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Name	Olsen, Larry
Alternative names
Short description	Australian jockey and reporter
Date of birth	1948
Place of birth	Nudgee Beach, Queensland, Australia
Date of death
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