Gregory Neil Hartung AO (born 3 June 1948) is a leading Australian and international sport administrator. He has an extensive and distinguished career in sport particularly in terms of administration and journalism. He was President of the Australian Paralympic Committee from 1997 to 2013 and served as vice-president of the International Paralympic Committee 2009–13. Personal Hartung was born in Maryborough, Queensland in 1948. His father was a hairdresser and mother was a nurse. His father died in 1950 from a war related illness and mother died when he was 14. In 1959, Hartung's mother and two siblings had located to Wellers Hill in Brisbane. Hartung attended Mary Immaculate Primary School, Annerley, St James College, Brisbane and St Laurence's College. Hartung was dux of his class in his final year at St Laurence's College and captain of the First XV rugby union team, which were joint premiers. Legacy Australia supported him to complete his schooling. In 1970, Hartung completed a Bachelor of Arts degree and Diploma of Journalism at the University of Queensland. He has a Master of Arts from the University of Sydney and his thesis examined the impact of lobbying on Australian Government's decision-making process. His wife Maureen Hartung OAM is executive director of the Blue Gum Community School in Canberra. His son Michael was the general manager of Sport at the Australian Paralympic Committee and was appointed Chef de Mission for the Australian Paralympic Team at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada. His daughter Catherine, recently completed a PhD in children's rights at the University of Wollongong. In 2021, he donated his personal collection of papers to the National Library of Australia. His papers covered his life in journalism and sport administration. Journalism career In 1972, Hartung was employed as a cadet at the Courier Mail. In 1973, he joined the Australian in its newly opened Brisbane Office as a graded journalist. He was employed as a sports journalist in Sydney and London. In 1975, he took up a position as a political correspondent for The Australian in Canberra. Sport Administration Career In 1975, he worked as a political journalist in Canberra and during this time, Hartung wrote several newspaper articles highlighting the inadequate support from the Federal Government for sport and assisted John Brown, Shadow Minister for Sport, to develop the Australian Labor Party's sport policy for the 1983 Federal Election. He wrote a chapter titled