Australian swimmer
Full name Michael Vincent Wenden Nickname(s) "Mick", "Mike" National team Australia Born (1949-11-17 ) 17 November 1949 (age 75) Sydney , New South WalesHeight 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 76 kg (168 lb) Sport Swimming Strokes Freestyle
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 .
100 yards 100 metres Intercalated Games
1930 – 1934: 100 yards
1938 – 1966: 110 yards
1970 – present: 100 metres
1962–1966: 4×110 yards
1970–present: 4×100 metres
1962 : Dickson , Rose , Doak , Phelps (AUS )
1966 : Dickson , Ryan , Wenden , Windle (AUS )
1970 : White , Rogers , Wenden , Devenish (AUS )
1974 : Phillips , Robertson , MacDonald , MacKenzie (CAN )
1978 : Sawchuk , MacDonald , Smith , Szmidt (CAN )
1982 : Brewer , Fasala , Delany , Brooks (AUS )
1986 : Fasala , Stockwell , Renshaw , Brooks (AUS )
1990 : Baildon , Fydler , Vander-Wal , Cooper (AUS )
1994 : Baildon , Fydler , Lange , Sheehan (AUS )
1998 : Callus , Fydler , Thorpe , Klim (AUS )
2002 : Callus , Pearson , Hackett , Thorpe (AUS )
2006 : Zandberg , Ferns , Schoeman , Neethling (RSA )
2010 : Richardson , Sullivan , D'Orsogna , Magnussen (AUS )
2014 : D'Orsogna , Abood , Magnussen , McEvoy (AUS )
2018 : McEvoy , Magnussen , Cartwright , Chalmers (AUS )
2022 : Southam , Incerti , Yang , Chalmers (AUS )
1970: White , Rogers , Wenden , Devenish (AUS )
1974: Kulasalu , Wenden , Nay , Badger (AUS )
1978: Brewer , Morgan , Metzker , McKeon (AUS )
1982: McGufficke , McKeon , Rowe , Brewer (AUS )
1986: Armstrong , Dale , Gleria , Stachewicz (AUS )
1990: Lord , Brown , Roberts , Stachewicz (AUS )
1994: Housman , Perkins , Roberts , Dunn (AUS )
1998: Kowalski , Thorpe , Dunn , Klim (AUS )
2002: Hackett , Dunne , Cram , Thorpe (AUS )
2006 : Burnett , Scotcher , Milwain , Davenport (ENG )
2010 : Fraser-Holmes , Ffrost , Napoleon , Monk (AUS )
2014 : McEvoy , McKeon , McKendry , Fraser-Holmes (AUS )
2018 : Graham , Chalmers , Winnington , Horton (AUS )
2022 : Winnington , Southam , Incerti , Horton (AUS )