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Michael Vincent Wenden (Sídney, 17 de noviembre de 1949) es un exnadador australiano especializado en pruebas de estilo libre, donde consiguió ser campeón olímpico en 1968 en los 100 y 200 metros.
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]
Michael Wenden es un nadador australiano retirado especializado en pruebas de estilo libre, donde consiguió ser campeón olímpico en 1968 en los 100 y 200 metros.[1]
Michael Wenden AM MBE was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985 as an Athlete Member for his contribution to the sport of swimming. Wenden's 1968 Olympic haul of two individual gold medals, a silver, and a bronze was among Australia's finest at a single Olympics, the best since the 1956 Melbourne….
Michael Wenden AM, MBE, conegut com a Mike Wenden, (Sydney, Austràlia 1949) és un nedador australià, ja retirat, guanyador de quatre medalles olímpiques. Biografia. Va néixer el 17 de novembre de 1949 a la ciutat de Sydney, població situada a l'estat de Nova Gal·les del Sud. És el sogre del també nedador Andrew Baildon.
17 de may. de 2024 · Michael Vincent WENDEN. Team Australia. Swimming. Olympic Medals. 2 G. 1 S. 1 B. Games Participations 2. First Olympic Games Mexico City 1968. Year of Birth 1949. Olympic Results. Biography.
Mike Wenden took up swimming seriously when he was 12-years-old, after breaking a leg while trying to jump a paling fence, and was on the Australian national team from 1966-74. He first competed internationally at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, where he won golds in the 110 yd freestyle, 4x110 yd freestyle, and 4x220 yd freestyle.
