Tracey Gaudry

Tracey Gaudry
Personal information
Full name Tracey Gaudry
Born (1969-06-17) 17 June 1969
Yallourn, Australia
Team information
Role Rider

Tracey Gaudry (née Watson; born 17 June 1969) is an Australian sport administrator and former professional cyclist who is the current CEO of the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). She represented Australia at two Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000) and two Commonwealth Games (1998 and 2002). After finishing her career as an athlete, Gaudry served as president of the Oceanian Cycling Confederation and as a vice-president of the Union Cycliste Internationale.

Cycling career

Gaudry riding seriously early in 1992 with support from the Victorian Institute of Sport's (V.I.S.) cycling coach, Donna Rae-Szalenski from Geelong, and the Geelong West Cycling Club. From 1995 she was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. She finished in third place in the Australian National Road Race Championships in 1995.[1] She also competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.[2]

After her marriage in 1996, Tracey joined the Australian Women's Road squad overseas in 1997, coached by James Victor. In 1999 she turned professional, riding for teams EBLY in France, and TIMEX in USA. In the same year Gaudry won the Tour de Snowy.

Administrative career

Gaudry worked for Ernst & Young, 2001-2004 ; Jacobs Australia, 2004–2009 ; for DLA Phillips Fox, 2010; and from July 2010 to the present time for the Amy Gillett Foundation, where she was CEO.[3][4] President at Oceania Cycling Confederation, and Vice President at Union Cycliste Internationale.[5]

Gaudry was elected to head the Oceanian Cycling Confederation (OCC) on 2 December 2012, succeeding predecessor Mike Turtur. The vote was first split 2-2, but pressure was put on Guam to switch their vote by their own Olympic committee,[6] and she won unanimously after Fiji followed. The two other voting members were Australia and New Zealand, which supported Ms. Gaudry's candidacy from the start.[7]

After Brian Cookson was elected president of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in September 2013, Gaudry was elected as one of the UCI's three vice presidents.[8] This makes her the first woman appointed as vice president of the UCI.[9]

In May 2017, Gaudry was appointed CEO of the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), replacing Stuart Fox. She is the first female CEO in league history.[10]

Cycling results

World Championships

Olympic Games

Commonwealth Games

National Championships

World rankings

World Cup rankings

References

  1. ↑ "Tracey Watson". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Tracey Watson". Sports Reference. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.amygillett.org.au/reports-2
  4. ↑ http://www.dayhodgeassociates.com.au/about/community.shtml
  5. ↑ http://www.uci.ch
  6. ↑ Roger Vaughan (29 November 2012). "Turtur to lose key cycling post". NineMSN. 1997-2012 ninemsn Pty Ltd. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Gaudry unanimously elected President of the Oceania Cycling Confederation". Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. 2 December 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Dampf, Andrew (29 September 2013). "Aussie Tracey Gaudry named one of UCI VPs". Herald Sun. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  9. ↑ http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/10/news/gaudry-qa-reflecting-on-the-uci-vote-with-its-first-female-vice-president_304830
  10. ↑ Hawthorn appoints Tracey Gaudry as chief executive, breaking new ground for female leadership in AFL
  11. ↑ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/worlds00/results/wttresults00.shtml
  12. ↑ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/worlds00/results/wrrresults00.shtml
  13. ↑ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/rankings/worldcupwroad.shtml
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