Julius Patching

Julius Lockington "Judy" Patching, AO, OBE (4 January 1917 – 13 February 2009)[1] was an Australian Olympic sports administrator, and businessman.

[2] He was a keen hurdler and pentathlete, making the finals in both 110 and 440 yards hurdles in the 1946 Victorian championships.

[3] Patching joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1934 and served for 13 years, including World War II.

Patching was Chef de Mission for Australia during the famous 1968 Olympics Black Power salute.

He resisted calls by conservatives in the media to punish Peter Norman, who wore a human rights badge on the dais.

Patching hands over the Olympic flame to Jake Warcaba at the Australian War Memorial .