Michael Vincent Wenden, (born 17 November 1949) is a champion

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who represented Australia in the

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and

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. 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

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in 1979. He was one of the eight bearers of the

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at the opening ceremony of the

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in Sydney. Wenden was appointed an MBE in 1969 and made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the

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for "service to the Olympic movement as an administrator and competitor". Wenden holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the

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. His daughter Karen Baildon (née Wenden) competed in swimming at the Queensland state level and won the 1989 Miss Universe Miss Photogenic title.. pageantopolis.com She is married to Olympic swimmer Andrew Baildon.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wenden, Michael 1949 births Living people People educated at Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield Swimmers from Sydney Olympic swimmers for Australia Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia World record setters in swimming Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire Members of the Order of Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming University of New South Wales alumni Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Australian male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees 20th-century Australian sportsmen Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from New South Wales

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