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Tracey Holmes: biography
Journalist and broadcaster Tracey Holmes is Professorial Fellow in Sport at the 69ÂÜÀò. In a career spanning four decades, focussing on the intersection of sport, politics, and society, she has covered every major sporting event, including 14 Olympic Games.
She has twice won the prestigious International Sports Press Association (AIPS) gold award, is a recipient of the IOC Women and Sport Award - presented to women, men or organisations who have made remarkable contributions to the development, encouragement and reinforcement of women and girls' participation in sport, and is a recipient of Sport Australia’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
She is frequently called upon to speak nationally and internationally on sports governance and has been the confidante and advisor to leading sports figures and organisations around the world.
Tracey is currently a Council member for Indigenous Football Australia, a board member for the Oceania Australia Foundation, a mentor for the International Olympic Committee’s Young Reporters program, and an Ambassador for the Australian Museum and the Chappell Foundation for Homeless Youth. She is producer of the Sports Ambassador podcast.