Michael Wenden

Michael Wenden is an Australian freestyle swimmer, born Michael Vincent Wenden on 17 November 1949, who represented Australia at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the 1968 Games in Mexico City he won four medals, taking gold in both the 100-metre and 200-metre freestyle, setting a world record in each, along with a silver and a bronze in freestyle relays. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1979 and was one of the eight bearers of the Olympic Flag at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He was appointed an MBE in 1969 and made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2006 Australia Day Honours for service to the Olympic movement as an administrator and competitor. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales.