born july australian competition swimmer time olympic queensland native specialised freestyle sprint events successful international swimming career mid-1980s including olympics following retirement competitive swimming successful business executive active administration national sports organisations australia early years education born raised brisbane queensland son bill graduate roman catholic boys high school brisbane scholarship holder undertook commerce engineering studies economics attended united_states swimming career won medals summer olympics los_angeles men metre freestyle finished seconds claimed silver medal american swimmer record time seconds outcome controversial premature starter gun quick start coach knew starter tendency fire starter gun immediately competitors mounted blocks gained metre head start competition held claim gold medal video event confirmed set starter pulled trigger lodged official protest denied teammates won silver medal men metre freestyle relay finishing second americans new world record teamed butterfly swimming freestyle anchor leg win bronze medal metre medley relay americans canadians freestyle relay teammates dubbed mean machine australian media australian athlete win olympic medals olympics attended florida united_states swam coach swimming diving team ncaa southeastern conference sec competition school year won sec titles yard freestyle yard freestyle relay received american honours events attending university dated future wife swimmer met warm pool olympics followed olympic performance bronze medal place finish metre freestyle fourth metre freestyle pan pacific championships tokyo time commonwealth games held edinburgh fallen olympic times los_angeles claimed gold medal australian teammates metre relay finished seventh metre freestyle retired competitive swimming december age newspaper recognized best australian swimmers 1980s life swimming married american competition swimmer time olympic gold hometown nashville tennessee lives brisbane wife children received australian sports medal swimming achievements inducted queensland sport hall fame managing director family owned property development investment management firm based queensland brother law owners company established construction firm parents years ago firm successful development ventures residential leisure retail commercial industrial property undertaken phased million residential development brisbane west end family members included new entries rich list combined estimated net worth million serves board directors deputy chairman board chairman non profit company raises money australian sport projects previously served chairman having led committee successful application process sacked chairman queensland state government foreign investment export program past president queensland division previously served national board past chairman trustee funds need based scholarships boys families afford tuition fees high school charitable organisation established wife benefit risk children
Mark Stockwell