Michael Wenden
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| Full name | Michael Vincent Wenden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Mick", "Mike" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1949 Sydney, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Vincent Wenden, AM, MBE (born 17 November 1949) is a champion swimmer who represented Australia in the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1968 he won four medals: gold in both the 100- and 200-metre freestyle (setting world records in each) and a silver and a bronze in freestyle relays.[1]
Wenden was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1979.[2] He was one of the eight bearers of the Olympic Flag at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Wenden was appointed an MBE in 1969[3] and made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2006 Australia Day Honours for "service to the Olympic movement as an administrator and competitor".[4]
Wenden holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales. His daughter Karen Baildon (née Wenden) competed in swimming at the Queensland state level and won the 1989 Miss Universe Miss Photogenic title.[5] She is married to Olympic swimmer Andrew Baildon.
See also
[edit]- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 100 metres freestyle
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mike Wenden". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Michael Wenden (AUS)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "Wenden, Michael Vincent". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "WENDEN, Michael Vincent". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ Miss Universe 1989[usurped]. pageantopolis.com
External links
[edit]- Michael Wenden at World Aquatics
- Michael Wenden at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Michael Wenden at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
- Michael Wenden at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Michael Wenden at Olympedia
- Michael Wenden at Olympics.com
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Categories:
- 1949 births
- Living people
- People educated at Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield
- Swimmers from Sydney
- Olympic swimmers for Australia
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
- World record setters in swimming
- Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Members of the Order of Australia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- University of New South Wales alumni
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Australian male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Sportsmen from New South Wales