James William "Bill" George Roycroft OBE was an Olympic
equestrian champion who competed for
Australia in five consecutive
Summer Olympic Games:
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972 and
1976 died he was , 96.
(17 March 1915 – 29 May 2011)

He was born in
Flowerdale,
Victoria. Although seriously injured during the 1960 Olympics in Rome, he left his hospital bed to compete in Show Jumping, which was the final event. He rode a flawless round, and Australia won the Gold Medal.
He was one of the eight
flag-bearers of the
Olympic Flag at the opening ceremony of the
2000 Summer Olympics in
Sydney.
Bill Roycroft died in hospital at Camperdown, Victoria on 29 May 2011, age 96.
[1] At the time of his death, he was Australia's oldest surviving Olympian.
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