Larry Olsen (jockey)

{{Short description|Australian jockey and reporter}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=June 2014}}

{{Infobox horseracing personality

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|name = Larry Olsen

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|birth_place = Nudgee Beach, Queensland

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|6|18|df=y}}

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|career wins =

|race = Melbourne Cup (1987)
Golden Slipper Stakes (1988)
Stradbroke Handicap (1972)
Epsom Handicap (1972)
Spring Champion Stakes (1981)
All Aged Stakes (1976, 1977)
Rawson Stakes (1973)
Craven Plate (1975)

|awards =

|honours = Queensland Racing Hall of Fame

|horses = Kensei
Gunsynd

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Larry Olsen (born 1948 in Nudgee Beach, Queensland) is an Australian retired jockey and former reporter for Sky Racing Australia who is best known for riding Kensei to victory in the 1987 Melbourne Cup.[http://www.queenslandhistoryofracing.com.au/people/larry-olsen/ Larry Olsen]

In 2007, Olsen was inducted into the Queensland Racing Hall of Fame.[http://subtropic.com.au/2010/10/20/the-highs-and-lows-of-larry-olsen/ The highs and lows of Larry Olsen]

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.{{Cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8368461 |title=Cup winning jockey Larry Olsen's wife dies |access-date=18 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505013114/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8368461 |archive-date=5 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/brisbane-based-former-melbourne-cup-champion-jockey-larry-olsen-mourning-death-of-wife-maureen-on-24th-anniversary-of-cup-win/story-e6frep5o-1226182821801 Brisbane-based former Melbourne Cup champion jockey Larry Olsen mourning death of wife Maureen on 24th anniversary of Cup win]