Addy Elizabeth Bucek (born 30 December 1960) is an Australian sailor. She competed in the women's two-person
470 dinghy class for Australia at two Olympic Games.
Bucek began sailing as a child, competing with her brother Frank Bucek as skipper in the
cadet dinghy class. In 1974 they won the
Cadet World Championships in Tróia, Portugal.
At the
Barcelona 1992 Olympics, with
Jeni Lidgett as skipper, she finished 9th in the
470 event. At
Savannah, Georgia
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, the
1996 Olympic sailing venue, she and Lidgett finished 8th in the
470 event.
The
470 World Championships
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in
Toronto
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, Canada 1995 saw Lidgett and Bucek finish 12th.
Personal
Bucek was born in Geelong, Victoria on 30 December 1960.
She married Darren Dunkley-Smith, who administered the 470 class and unfortunately died in 2012. They have three children,
Joshua Dunkley-Smith, silver at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic in rowing, rower and psychologist
Addy jr. and Connie.
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1960 births
Living people
Australian female sailors (sport)
Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – 470
Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470
Olympic sailors for Australia
Sailors (sport) from Melbourne
Cadet class world champions
Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
20th-century Australian sportswomen
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