Tracey Wickham

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Commonwealth medal record
Competitor for Australia
Women's Swimming
Gold	1978 Edmonton	400 m freestyle
Gold	1978 Edmonton	800 m freestyle
Gold	1982 Brisbane	400 m freestyle
Gold	1982 Brisbane	800 m freestyle

Tracey Lee Wickham MBE OAM (born 24 November 1962 in Rosebud, Victoria) is a former Australian middle distance swimmer, who won both the 400 m and 800 m freestyle at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. The same year, she set world records in both events. Both world records stood until 1987, long after her retirement.

In 1980, Australia elected not to officially boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics. However Wickham, along with a number of other Australian athletes, elected to boycott the Games personally.

She again won gold in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. She retired soon after. The athlete's oath at the Opening Ceremony of the 1982 Commonwealth Games was also taken by Wickham.

[edit] Honours and awards

On 30 December 1978, she became a Member of Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.^[1]

On 25 October 2000, she was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for outstanding contribution as a competitor in swimming.^[2]

On 13 June 2005, she was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for service to Australian swimming and to the development of young swimmers through teaching and coaching roles.^[3]

[edit] References

^ Tracey Wickham. Australian Honours Database. Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
^ Tracey Wickham. Australian Honours Database. Retrieved on January 4, 2007.
^ Tracey Wickham. Australian Honours Database. Retrieved on January 4, 2007.

[edit] External link

Swimming Australia profile for Tracey Wickham
Tracey Wickham at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
NAME	Wickham, Tracey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH	24 November 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rosebud, Victoria, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH