Michael Wenden
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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.
Wenden was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1979. 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 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".
Wenden holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales.[citation needed]
See also
- 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
External links
- at World Aquatics
- at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
- at the Australian Olympic Committee
- at Olympedia
- at Olympics.com
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| Preceded byKen Walsh | Men's 100 metre freestyle world record holder (long course) 19 October 1968 – 23 August 1970 | Succeeded byMark Spitz |