Glenn Tasker

Glenn Robert Tasker (10 November 1951 – 15 August 2019) was a leading Australian sport administrator particularly in swimming, tennis and the Paralympic movement.

[1][3] In 2001, he was appointed to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Swimming Australia, a position that he held until June 2008.

Tasker took up the position when Swimming Australia was undertaking a period of major change with long standing national coach Don Talbot and executive director Vena Murray leaving the organisation.

Issues which Tasker managed whilst CEO included the leaking of Ian Thorpe's abnormal doping violation,[6] Ian Thorpe's disqualification from the 400m Freestyle at the Olympic trials after a false start[7] and Nick D'Arcy's removal from the Australian team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics after assaulting Simon Cowley.

[8] Tasker resigned from Swimming Australia to return to his family located in Sydney and take up the position of Chief Executive Officer of Tennis NSW.