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'''Wayne William Roycroft''', {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}}<ref name="am">{{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1150113&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Roycroft, Wayne William, AM|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=15 July 2014}}</ref> (born 21 May 1946)<ref name=sports-ref/> 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 during his reign.
'''Wayne William Roycroft''', {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}}<ref name="am">{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1150113 |title=Roycroft, Wayne William, AM |publisher=It's an Honour |accessdate=15 July 2014}}</ref> (born 21 May 1946)<ref name=sports-ref/> 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 during his reign.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Roycroft was born in 1946 as the second of three sons to [[Bill Roycroft]], an Olympic equestrian gold medallist, and his wife, Mavis.<ref name="dynwayne">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/dynasties/txt/s1488996.htm|title=Wayne Roycroft|work=Dynasties|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=14 November 2005|accessdate=20 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/roycroft-james-william-bill-13382|title=James William (Bill) Roycroft|work=Obituaries Australia|first=Harriet|last=Veitch|date=May 2011|accessdate=18 December 2013}}</ref> He won bronze medals in team [[eventing]] at the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] and [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] Olympics, competing alongside his father at both the games.<ref name=sports-ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/wayne-roycroft-1.html | title=Profile: Wayne Roycroft |publisher=sports-reference.com |accessdate=12 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="sahof">{{cite web|url=http://www.sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame/member-profile/?memberID=199&memberType=athlete|title=Wayne Roycroft|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|accessdate=18 December 2013}}</ref> He was selected for the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow Olympics]] but was affected by the [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|boycott of the games]].<ref name="eahof">{{cite web|url=http://www.equestrian.org.au/site/equestrian/national/downloads/2005/Hall%20of%20Fame/Hall%20of%20Fame/2011%20Inductees/Wayne%20Roycroft_2011_Hall%20of%20Fame.pdf|title=Wayne Roycroft|publisher=[[Equestrian Australia]]|accessdate=20 December 2013|format=PDF}}</ref> He was the Australian flag bearer at the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles Olympics]]; his father had done the same thing 16 years previously.<ref name="sahof"/> He coached the Australian eventing team from 1988 to 2010, taking up the role from his father. his first Olympics as a coach were the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul Games]]; under his reign the eventing team won gold medals at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]], [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]], and [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] Olympics and a silver medal at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] games, and [[Matthew Ryan (equestrian)|Matthew Ryan]] won an individual gold medal in 1992 and [[Andrew Hoy]] won an individual silver medal in 2000.<ref name="eahof"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2011/s3231100.htm|title=Olympic legend remembered|work=[[7.30]]|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=30 May 2011|accessdate=20 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com.au/096A1AA7-5056-B031-6A5722CE0BB25999|title=Australian Eventing Coach Wayne Roycroft resigns|publisher=[[Australian Olympic Committee]]|date=3 December 2010|accessdate=20 December 2013}}</ref> He was chairman of the [[International Federation for Equestrian Sports]] Eventing Committee from 2000 to 2009, and also served as chair of Equestrian New South Wales and [[Equestrian Australia]].<ref name="eahof"/>
Roycroft was born in 1946 as the second of three sons to [[Bill Roycroft]], an Olympic equestrian gold medallist, and his wife, Mavis.<ref name="dynwayne">{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/dynasties/txt/s1488996.htm |title=Wayne Roycroft |work=Dynasties |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=14 November 2005 |accessdate=20 December 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111164835/http://www.abc.net.au/dynasties/txt/s1488996.htm |archive-date=11 January 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/roycroft-james-william-bill-13382 |title=James William (Bill) Roycroft |work=Obituaries Australia |first=Harriet |last=Veitch |date=May 2011 |accessdate=18 December 2013}}</ref> He won bronze medals in team [[eventing]] at the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] and [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] Olympics, competing alongside his father at both the games.<ref name=sports-ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/wayne-roycroft-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164851/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/wayne-roycroft-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Wayne Roycroft |accessdate=12 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="sahof">{{cite web |url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/wayne-patch-roycroft/|title=Wayne 'Patch' Roycroft |publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame |accessdate=25 September 2020}}</ref> He was selected for the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow Olympics]] but was affected by the [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|boycott of the games]].<ref name="eahof">{{cite web |url=http://www.equestrian.org.au/site/equestrian/national/downloads/2005/Hall%20of%20Fame/Hall%20of%20Fame/2011%20Inductees/Wayne%20Roycroft_2011_Hall%20of%20Fame.pdf |title=Wayne Roycroft |publisher=[[Equestrian Australia]] |accessdate=20 December 2013 }}</ref> He was the Australian flag bearer at the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles Olympics]]; his father had done the same thing 16 years previously.<ref name="sahof"/> He coached the Australian eventing team from 1988 to 2010, taking up the role from his father. his first Olympics as a coach were the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul Games]]; under his reign the eventing team won gold medals at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]], [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]], and [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] Olympics and a silver medal at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] games, and [[Matthew Ryan (equestrian)|Matthew Ryan]] won an individual gold medal in 1992 and [[Andrew Hoy]] won an individual silver medal in 2000.<ref name="eahof"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2011/s3231100.htm |title=Olympic legend remembered |work=[[7.30]] |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=30 May 2011 |accessdate=20 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com.au/096A1AA7-5056-B031-6A5722CE0BB25999 |title=Australian Eventing Coach Wayne Roycroft resigns |publisher=[[Australian Olympic Committee]] |date=3 December 2010 |accessdate=20 December 2013}}</ref> He was chairman of the [[International Federation for Equestrian Sports]] Eventing Committee from 2000 to 2009, and also served as chair of Equestrian New South Wales and [[Equestrian Australia]].<ref name="eahof"/> He is nicknamed "Patch".<ref name="sahof"/>


In 1976 he married [[Vicki Roycroft|Vicki Rose]], who went on to have an Olympic equestrian career of her own, and retired from equestrian competition shortly after the birth of the couple's son, Mark, in 1986. The couple separated in 2000 and Mark died in 2003 at the age of 17 after being caught in a [[rip current|rip]] off Birdie Beach in the [[Munmorah State Conservation Area]].<ref name="dynwayne"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/dynasties/txt/s1489006.htm|title=Vicki Roycroft|work=Dynasties|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=14 November 2005|accessdate=20 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/25/1042911595136.html|title=Grieving parents lead call for lifeguard beach patrol|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=26 January 2003|accessdate=20 December 2013|first=Eamonn|last=Duf}}</ref>
In 1976 he married [[Vicki Roycroft|Vicki Rose]], who went on to have an Olympic equestrian career of her own, and retired from equestrian competition shortly after the birth of the couple's son, Mark, in 1986. The couple separated in 2000 and Mark died in 2003 at the age of 17 after being caught in a [[rip current|rip]] off Birdie Beach in the [[Munmorah State Conservation Area]].<ref name="dynwayne"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/dynasties/txt/s1489006.htm |title=Vicki Roycroft |work=Dynasties |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=14 November 2005 |accessdate=20 December 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070110170938/http://www.abc.net.au/dynasties/txt/s1489006.htm |archive-date=10 January 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/25/1042911595136.html |title=Grieving parents lead call for lifeguard beach patrol |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=26 January 2003 |accessdate=20 December 2013 |first=Eamonn |last=Duf}}</ref>


==Recognition==
==Recognition==
Roycroft was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 1997 and the Equestrian Australia Hall of Fame in 2011.<ref name="sahof"/><ref name="eahof"/> In 2000, he received an [[Australian Sports Medal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=974397&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Roycroft, Wayne: Australian Sports Medal|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=20 December 2013}}</ref> He was made a Member of the [[Order of Australia]] in 2014.<ref name="am"/>
Roycroft was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 1997 and the Equestrian Australia Hall of Fame in 2011.<ref name="sahof"/><ref name="eahof"/> In 2000, he received an [[Australian Sports Medal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/974397 |title=Roycroft, Wayne: Australian Sports Medal |publisher=It's an Honour |accessdate=20 December 2013}}</ref> He was made a Member of the [[Order of Australia]] in 2014.<ref name="am"/>


==References==
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== External links ==
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Revision as of 04:21, 26 July 2024

Wayne Roycroft
Personal information
Full nameWayne William Roycroft
NationalityAustralian
Born (1946-05-21) 21 May 1946 (age 78)
Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
Spouse
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(m. 1976⁠–⁠2000)​
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City Team eventing
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal Team eventing
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Gawler Team eventing

Wayne William Roycroft, AM[1] (born 21 May 1946)[2] 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 during his reign.

Biography

Roycroft was born in 1946 as the second of three sons to Bill Roycroft, an Olympic equestrian gold medallist, and his wife, Mavis.[3][4] He won bronze medals in team eventing at the 1968 Mexico City and 1976 Montreal Olympics, competing alongside his father at both the games.[2][5] He was selected for the 1980 Moscow Olympics but was affected by the boycott of the games.[6] He was the Australian flag bearer at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics; his father had done the same thing 16 years previously.[5] He coached the Australian eventing team from 1988 to 2010, taking up the role from his father. his first Olympics as a coach were the 1988 Seoul Games; under his reign the eventing team won gold medals at the 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, and 2000 Sydney Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing games, and Matthew Ryan won an individual gold medal in 1992 and Andrew Hoy won an individual silver medal in 2000.[6][7][8] He was chairman of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports Eventing Committee from 2000 to 2009, and also served as chair of Equestrian New South Wales and Equestrian Australia.[6] He is nicknamed "Patch".[5]

In 1976 he married Vicki Rose, who went on to have an Olympic equestrian career of her own, and retired from equestrian competition shortly after the birth of the couple's son, Mark, in 1986. The couple separated in 2000 and Mark died in 2003 at the age of 17 after being caught in a rip off Birdie Beach in the Munmorah State Conservation Area.[3][9][10]

Recognition

Roycroft was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Equestrian Australia Hall of Fame in 2011.[5][6] In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal.[11] He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2014.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Roycroft, Wayne William, AM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wayne Roycroft". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Wayne Roycroft". Dynasties. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 November 2005. Archived from the original on 11 January 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  4. ^ Veitch, Harriet (May 2011). "James William (Bill) Roycroft". Obituaries Australia. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d "Wayne 'Patch' Roycroft". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d "Wayne Roycroft" (PDF). Equestrian Australia. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  7. ^ "Olympic legend remembered". 7.30. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  8. ^ "Australian Eventing Coach Wayne Roycroft resigns". Australian Olympic Committee. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Vicki Roycroft". Dynasties. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 November 2005. Archived from the original on 10 January 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  10. ^ Duf, Eamonn (26 January 2003). "Grieving parents lead call for lifeguard beach patrol". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  11. ^ "Roycroft, Wayne: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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