Michael Vincent Wenden, AM, MBE (born 17 November 1949) is a champion swimmer who represented Australia in the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1972 Summer Olympics.

[1] Wenden was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1979.

Wenden was appointed an MBE in 1969[3] and made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2006 Australia Day Honours for "service to the Olympic movement as an administrator and competitor".

[4] Wenden holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales.

His daughter Karen Baildon (née Wenden) competed in swimming at the Queensland state level and won the 1989 Miss Universe Miss Photogenic title.