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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1936-01-08)8 January 1936 Exeter, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 December 2023(2023-12-14) (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Equestrian | ||||||||||||||
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Major-General James Robert Templer, CB, OBE (8 January 1936 – 14 December 2023) was a British Army officer and equestrian.
Biography
Educated at Charterhouse and Sandhurst, Templer was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1955 and became Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff.
He won the European 3-Day Championship at Burghley in 1962, the International Trials at Munich in 1963 and Badminton in 1964.
Templer competed in two events at the 1964 Summer Olympics on a horse called M’Lord Connolly.
Templer died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on 14 December 2023, at the age of 87.
References
- "James Templer". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Major General James Templer obituary". The Times. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "James Templer Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- "Major General James Robert Templer CB OBE". The Telegraph. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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