New Zealand won 18 medals in nine different sports, of which four were gold. Swimming Australia In April 2021 Alex Baumann was appointed as the Chief Executive of Swimming Australia. In December 2017, Swimming Australia announced that it had appointed Baumann to the new role as Swimming Australia's Chief Strategist, High Performance. On 9 August 2021 Baumann announced his resignation as the CEO of Swimming Australia after only 3 months of tenure, citing health concerns and wanting to spend more time with his family. Awards and honours Baumann was named Canada's male athlete of the year for 1984 and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. He was also named as the Male World Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine in the same year. In 1988, he was awarded the Order of Ontario. Baumann was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. Baumann was named Honorary Colonel of 412 VIP Transport Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force based in Ottawa in June 2011. In 2012, Baumann received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Personal life Baumann is married to Tracey Taggart, an Australian swimmer he met during the Brisbane 1982 Commonwealth Games. They married on 30 April 1988, and have two children: Tabitha and Ashton Baumann. In March 2009, Baumann swam at the Ontario Masters Swim Championships. It was his first swim meet in 22 years. He continued where he left off, beating the world record in the 200 metre individual medley in the 45-49 age group category by more than 3.3 seconds with a time of 2:12.01. His son, Ashton Baumann, is also a swimmer. See also List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) World record progression 200 metres medley World record progression 400 metres medley References External links Order of Canada Citation Baumann returns to rebuild Canada's Olympic Program (archive) 1964 births Living people Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Australia Canadian male backstroke swimmers Canadian male medley swimmers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Canadian people of Czech descent Czechoslovak emigrants to Canada Laurentian University alumni Members of the Order of Ontario Naturalized citizens of Canada Officers of the Order of Canada Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic swimmers of