Life Members
Members of Swimming Queensland who have provided long and meritorious service, are appointed as Life Members in recognition of their efforts in furthering the interests of the Association. We would like to thank the following Life Members for their contributions over the life of our sport.
- Our Life Members
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Reginald Roe |
Dr. Archibald Brockway (1907) |
David Carter (1916) |
William Kuder |
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CRJ Dahl |
WH Duffy (1930) |
FE Duncalfe (1930) |
RH Bunting (1930) |
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F Springfield (Snr) |
FW Springfield (1930) |
H Davis |
J Hiron |
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EJ Goodwin (1934) |
N Burn |
L Nissen |
J Whittington (1938) |
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J Montgomery (1939) |
R McKauge (1939) |
V Hartley (1940) |
R Hodge |
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WS Johnston (1949) |
EJ Portley (1951) |
G Stedman (1951) |
GJ Nankavill (1953) |
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J Gardiner (1954) |
SA Connell (1955) |
WJ Holland (1957) |
R Kerr |
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RB Lyons |
EJ Davis |
JS Emerson JP (1960) |
G Marr |
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W Burnup (1961) |
GD Johnston (1963) |
JW Morrall (1964) |
Dr. DA Dowling OBE |
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M Munro (1966) |
Dr. EF Theile OBE |
DR F Trennery (1968) |
EH Smith |
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JF Morgan (1971) |
AE Barnacle (1973) |
C Arnold |
AA Steinbeck OBE |
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RJ McNamara (1974) |
GG Bennett (1975) |
WJ Barker (1975) |
G Comadira (1977) |
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E McAuliffe (1977) |
V Anderson (1978) |
T Osborn |
A Thompson (1979) |
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GS Smith |
DB Mullins (1980) |
JT Torrance (1980) |
J Purtell |
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A Rusell |
Greg Lalor AM (1983) |
EJ King AM (1983) |
LN Short OAM (1984) |
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WJ Willis OAM (1984) |
Dr. David Theile AO (1984) |
TJ Christopher (1985) |
A Cusack |
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Dr. Tim Barrett OAM |
Graham White OAM |
IE Mullins (1987) |
Patricia Wright OAM (1988) |
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Di Bendeich (1989) |
LKS Hogg OBE (1989) |
A Gynther (1990) |
Barry Short (1993) |
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J CAREW |
Edward (Ted) Randle (1994) |
Percival (John) Keppie OAM (1994) |
P Eisentrager (1995) |
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George Burke (1996) |
P McLeod |
H Shorter (1998) |
Margaret Pugh OAM (1999) |
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Lenore (Greta) Tanner |
William (Bill) Sweetenham OAM |
Hazel Ferguson* (2001) |
Jeanette Kellett* |
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John (Terry) Major |
Glen Bigg (2003) |
A Lancaster (2003) |
Peter Crane (2005) |
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Bruce Welch OAM (2005) |
Derrik Millard (2005) |
Fred Kellett* (2005) |
Rober Kretchmann (2006) |
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Denis Cotterell (2006) |
Ken Wood* (2006) |
Julie McGinley OAM |
David Urquhart (2007) |
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Laurie Lawrence (2007) |
Peter Diamond (2008) |
Michael Bohl (2009) |
Peter Plumridge (2009) |
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Wendy Ryan (2010) |
Simon Hooton (2011) |
Suellen Hardie (2011) |
Alan Johnson (2011) |
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Brian Stehr (2012) |
Judith (Judy) Hicks |
Janice King (2012) |
David Milburn (2012) |
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Michele Watson |
Lee Day |
Edward (Ted) Curtis |
Margaret Squires |
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Susan Brown (2013) |
Karen Macleod (2014) |
Gloria Williams |
Jill Ryan |
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Gary Shepherdson (2014) |
Warren Grainger |
Kevin Martin (2015) |
John Wallace (2015) |
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David White (2015) |
David Towner (2016) |
Erin Collis (2017) |
Diane Daw (2017) |
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David Gregory (2017) |
Theresa Manning |
Gail Smail (2017) |
Awards of Excellence
Awards of Excellence are granted to members of the swimming community in Queensland who are considered to have given a high order of service to the sport through their untiring commitment as a swimmer, coach, official, administrator or volunteer.
- Brisbane
- Central Queensland
- Darling Downs
- Far North Queensland
- Gold Coast
- North Queensland
- Wide Bay
- Swimming Queensland
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Peter Diamond |
Bill Willis |
Hazel Ferguson |
Greta Tanner |
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Geoff Fellowes |
Margaret Squires |
Jan King |
Ted Curtis |
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Gary Shepherdson |
Dianne Greene |
Warren Grainger |
Brendan Keogh |
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Jill Ryan |
David Gregory |
Steve Carsley |
Teresa Goddard |
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Lori Chaplin |
Susan Weldon |
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John Dahl |
John Allen |
Wendy Ryan |
Susan Brown |
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Dave Milburn |
Graham Simpson |
Jenny Smith |
Sarah Emery |
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Tim Barrett OAM
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Lance Reddick
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Marvyen Whittaker
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Bob Wharton
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David Sondergeld
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David White
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Ric Whiting
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Gail Smail
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Jenny Veivers
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Garry Shorter
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Ray Henderson
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Garry Gibson |
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Glen Evans
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Joyce Leeon
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Geoff Wright
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Wayne Sexton
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James Crompton
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Ron Tong
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Matt Bromley
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Tracy Lammert |
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Norm Fyffe
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Guy Bagot
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Karen Macleod
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Di Daw
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Gerry Epstein
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Sharon Wicking
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Alan Smith
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Maree Oberg |
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Pat Wright OAM
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Judy Hicks
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Lee Day
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Alan Johnston
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Steve Argent
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Theresa Manning
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Louise Baker
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Erin Collis
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Bethea Patel
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Tim Hiller
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Trevor Williams |
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Cec Roberts
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Peter Seeney
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Paddy Steele
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Michele Watson
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Dale Cox
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Jessica Sallaway
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David Towner
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John Wallace
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Kevin Thomson
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Paul Simms
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Malcolm Lee
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Elwyn Lee |
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Gloria Williams
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Nicole Yates
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Helen Holmes
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Sandra Wilkes
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Shaun Crow
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Peter Wells
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Rachel Vickery
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Wendy Swift
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Judy Hooton
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Edelene Koplick |
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Hall of Fame
Induction into the Swimming Queensland Hall of Fame is an honour bestowed upon swimmers, coaches, officials and administrators who are known for their outstanding efforts at international events, to the international swimming community or have administered swimming at its highest level, respectively.
- Swimmers
- Coaches
- Officials and Administrators
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David Theile AM |
Stephen Holland OAM |
Tracey Wickham OBE |
Duncan Armstrong OAM |
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Jon Sieben OAM |
Susie O’Neill OAM |
Kieren Perkins OAM |
Brendan Burkett OAM |
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Sam Reilly OAM
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Jeff Hardy OAM
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Chantel Wolfenden OAM |
Giaan Rooney OAM |
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Jade Edmistone |
Jodie Henry OAM |
Grant Hackett OAM |
Josh Santacaterina |
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Brendan Capell |
Leisel Jones |
Geoff Huegill |
Libby Trickett |
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Brenton Rickard |
Jessicah Schipper |
Stephanie Rice |
Christian Sprenger |
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Melissa Gorman |
Alicia Coutts |
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Joe King |
John Carew |
Laurie Lawrence |
Arthur Cusack |
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Denis Cotterell |
Ken Wood |
Michael Bohl |
Stephan Widmer |
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Shannon Rollason |
Bill Sweetenham |
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Greg Lalor AM |
Lorraine Short OAM |
Bill Willis OAM |
David Carter |
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Arch Steinbeck OBE |
Arch Steinbeck OBE |
Dr Tim Barrett OAM |
Margaret Pugh OAM |
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John Keppie OAM |
Dr Simon Hooton |
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John Keppie Award
The John Keppie award for excellence as a Queensland technical official is presented annually at the McDonald’s Queensland Championships. It is named in honour of John Keppie OAM, one of Queensland’s finest Technical Officials.
This award recognises participation in, achievement at, and contribution to officiating. Find out about previous recipients of the on our Technical Official Recgontition and Opportunities page.
Gallery of Champions
Our Gallery of Champions is displayed in the Swimming Queensland office, recognising the international success of our Queensland swimmers, coaches and technical officials, along with the contribution made by administrators to our sport.
We have created this online version of our Gallery of Champions, so our entire community can view the achievements of our champions.
- Our Swimmers
- Won an individual Olympic, Paralympic, FINA World Championship (long course) or IPC World Championship gold medal; or
- Won an individual Olympic, Paralympic, FINA World Championship (long course) or IPC World Championship silver or bronze medal; or
- Won an individual FINA World Championship (short course) gold medal; or
- Won an INAS-FID gold medal, provided they were a member of a Swimming Australia selected and funded team; or
- Were a finalist-member of an Olympic, Paralympic, FINA World Championship (long course) or IPC World Championship gold medal winning relay team; or
- Established a long course World Record in a FINA or IPC sanctioned event; or
- Sustained an exceptional degree of excellence in competition at national and international level.
- Our Coaches
- Our Administrators & FINA Technical Officials
Queenslanders have a proud history of achieving international success. The following swimmers have entered Swimming Queensland’s Gallery of Champions, as they have:
We wish to congratulate these swimmers on their success in the pool.
The success of our Queensland swimmers is directly related to the support, encouragement and dedication of their Coaches. The following coaches are recognised in our Coaches gallery for having coached an athlete that appears in the Swimmers Gallery of Champions above.
Our sport owes much of its success to the dedicated administrators and Technical Officials. The following administrators have been recognised as part of our Technical Officials and Administrators gallery for their distinguished service to the administration of swimming in Queensland. The Technical Officials recognised in the below gallery have been appointed to the FINA List as a Referee or Starter, acknowledging their exceptional skill and dedication to officiating.
