Larry Olsen (born 1948 in
Nudgee Beach, Queensland
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) is an
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retired
jockey and former reporter for
Sky Racing Australia who is best known for riding
Kensei to victory in the 1987
Melbourne Cup
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.
In 2007, Olsen was inducted into the Queensland Racing Hall of Fame.
Olsen married
Townsville
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-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
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hospital, exactly 24 years after Olsen's Melbourne Cup victory. She was survived by her three children with Olsen, and five grandchildren.
Brisbane-based former Melbourne Cup champion jockey Larry Olsen mourning death of wife Maureen on 24th anniversary of Cup win
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References
Australian jockeys
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Living people
1948 births
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