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Author Thompson, Wyatt.

Title Trailblazers : Australia's first Olympic equestrians / Wyatt 'Bunty' Thompson with Petronella McGovern.

Publication Info. Sydney : Rosenberg Pub., 2008.
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Description 1 online resource (208 pages)
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Summary Trailblazers is the story of the first Australians to compete at an international level in FEI equestrian events. The six men selected for the 1956 Olympic Games had just 14 months to learn it all on the English Show circuit. They had never competed in a three day event, didn't understand dressage and had little experience of Olympic-style showjumping. At the Olympics they competed in one of the most difficult crosscountry courses in history and came close to winning bronze. They blazed a trail for the Rome Olympic team and set the course for the future of FEI equestrian events in Australia. W.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-203) and index.
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Subject Olympic Games (16th : 1956 : Melbourne, Vic.)
Olympic Games.
Olympics -- Participation, Australian.
Olympics -- Participation, Australian.
Horsemen and horsewomen -- Australia -- Biography.
Horsemen and horsewomen.
Australia.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Horse sports -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
Horse sports.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Added Author McGovern, Petronella.
Other Form: Print version: Thompson, Wyatt. Trailblazers : The Story of Australia's First Olympic Equestrians. Sydney : Rosenberg Publishing, ©2008 9781877058639
ISBN 9781921719233 (electronic book)
1921719230 (electronic book)
9781921719240 (electronic book)
1921719249 (electronic book)
9781877058639 (paperback)
1877058637 (paperback)

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