Kevin Wickham

Kevin Wickham was the cox of the Australian eight at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He became a senior coxswain with Banks Rowing Club of Melbourne in 1962 and coxed a four at the 1962 World Championships. After the Olympics he left rowing but returned for one year in the early 1970s to help train junior crews.

Wickham’s business career started out in marketing with Qantas but in 1977 he and his wife started a business as convention consultants, especially for medical groups. He also became heavily involved in sailing, joining Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron and becoming commodore of the club from 2005-07.