James Templer (British Army officer, born 1936)
British equestrian (1936–2023)
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Major-General James Robert Templer, CB, OBE (8 January 1936 – 14 December 2023) was a British Army officer and equestrian.[1]
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1936 Exeter, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 December 2023 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Equestrian | ||||||||||||||
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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.[2]
Templer competed in two events at the 1964 Summer Olympics on a horse called M’Lord Connolly.[3]
Templer died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on 14 December 2023, at the age of 87.[4][2]
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