Tracey Cross

Tracey Nicole Cross, OAM[1] (born 4 December 1972)[2] is an Australian visually impaired swimmer.

Cross was born in the Western Australian city of Bunbury on 4 December 1972.

Cross developed her passion for massage after she sustained a neck and shoulder injury while training for the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.

[3][4] Cross won her first international gold medal in the women's 400 m Freestyle B1 at the 1990 World Championships and Games for the Disabled in Assen, Netherlands.

[16] She received a Centenary Medal on 1 January 2001 "For service to the community through Paralympic swimming".

Action shot of Cross in the pool during competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics