Michelle Ford-Ericsson: MBE Swimming Double Gold Olympic Medalist

Michelle is an Australian former long-distance freestyle and butterfly swimmer of the 1970s and 1980s, who won a gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle, bronze in the 200-meter butterfly, and 4th in the 400-meters freestyle at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She was the only non-Soviet bloc female swimmer to win an individual gold medal at the 1980 games. She also set two world records in her career, and was the first Australian woman to win individual Olympic medals in two distinct specialized strokes.

Monthly meetings offer a great opportunity to hear what’s happening in and around the club. Introduce new ideas and meet up with fellow IWC members you may not see regularly. Stay for lunch after the meeting at Restaurant Prieuré.

Please note that the IWC Annual General Meeting will be held after the presentation by the guest speaker.

After the meeting stay for lunch just tick the appropriate box on the Doodle sign-up here or contact events@iwc-lausanne.org.
Restaurant Prieuré is easily accessible and a short walk from Pully Gare. Take bus numbers 4 and 25 to Pully Gare, or bus numbers 9, 47, 48 and 49 to Pully Clergière. Parking is available at the Coop, Migros and Pully Gare.