Clarke James Roycroft (born 15 March 1950) is an Australian
equestrian
The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse".
Horseback riding (or Riding in British English)
Examples of this are:
* Equestrian sports
*Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...
. He is the third and youngest son of
Bill Roycroft
James William George Roycroft, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE (17 March 1915 – 29 May 2011) was an Australian Olympic equestrianism, equestrian champion. He grew up on a dairy farm and learnt to ride horses there. After servi ...
, an Olympic equestrian gold medallist, and his wife, Mavis.
He competed in
two events at the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
. His brothers
Barry Roycroft and
Wayne Roycroft
Wayne William Roycroft, (born 21 May 1946) is an Australian equestrian and coach who won two bronze medals at three Olympics. He was the national eventing coach from 1988 to 2010; Australia won four team and two individual medals in the sport ...
are also Olympians.
After the Olympics he concentrated on his business ventures; in 2005 he was running a farm and
Stock and station agency in the family's hometown of
Camperdown. He has four children to Judy, whom he married around the time of the Olympics.
In 2000, he received an
Australian Sports Medal
The Australian Sports Medal is an award given to recognise achievements in Australian sport to commemorate Australian participation in major sporting events. Original recipients of the award included competitors, coaches, sports scientists, offi ...
.
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1950 births
Living people
Australian male equestrians
Olympic equestrians for Australia
Equestrians at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Australian people
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