| Larry Olsen | |
| Birth Place: | Nudgee Beach, Queensland |
| Birth Date: | 18 June 1948 |
| Race: | Melbourne Cup (1987) Golden Slipper Stakes (1988) Stradbroke Handicap (1972) Epsom Handicap (1972) Spring Champion Stakes (1981) All Aged Stakes (1976, 1977) Rawson Stakes (1973) Craven Plate (1975) |
| Honours: | Queensland Racing Hall of Fame |
| Horses: | Kensei Gunsynd |
Larry Olsen (born 1948 in Nudgee Beach, Queensland) is an Australian retired jockey and former reporter for Sky Racing Australia who is best known for riding Kensei to victory in the 1987 Melbourne Cup.[1]
In 2007, Olsen was inducted into the Queensland Racing Hall of Fame.[2]
Olsen married Townsville-born Maureen in the early 1970s, and remained together until her death caused by cancer, aged 61, on 1 November 2011 at a Gold Coast hospital.[3] [4]