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Tracey Gaudry

Australian cyclist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ7831226
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Tracey Gaudry (née Watson; born 17 June 1969) is an Australian sport administrator, former professional cyclist and current chief executive officer of Comm Unity Plus Services Ltd.

Prior to her corporate executive roles, Gaudry represented Australia at two Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000) and the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

After finishing her career as an athlete, Gaudry served on numerous boards and committees, including her current appointments as member of the Track Commission of the Union Cycliste Internationale, member of Executive Board of the Oceania Cycling Confederation, member of the Board of the Deakin University Sport Business Network, and member of the Board of the Federation of Community Legal Centres.

Gaudry is a 2017 Deakin University Alumni of the Year recipient.

Cycling career

Gaudry began riding seriously early in 1992 after recovering from a life-threatening illness, with support from the Victorian Institute of Sport's (VIS) cycling coach, Donna Rae-Szalenski from Geelong, and the Geelong West Cycling Club.

She first competed in the UCI World Road Cycling Championships in 1994.

From 1995 she was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. She won the Australian National Time Trial Championships in 1995.

She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

In 1997, Gaudry took a break from the sport to focus on her professional career development.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1969, 1996, 2000, 1998—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1969-06-17. The account is most persuasive where Tracey, Gaudry and Australian can be independently traced.
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