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| NAME = Buck, Terry |
| NAME = Buck, Terry |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian swimmer and coach |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 6 July 1943 |
| DATE OF BIRTH = 6 July 1943 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] |
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] |
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Revision as of 20:28, 15 December 2012
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| Born | 6 July 1943 Sydney, Australia |
| Died | 7 March 2005 (aged 61) Tweed River, Australia |
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| Country |  Australia |
| Sport | Swimming |
Terrence William "Terry" Buck[1] was an Australian swimmer and coach. He represented Australia at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the 400m individual medley and placed eighth.[2] He was the first Australian swimmer to first participate at the Olympics as both an athlete and a coach.[1] He was head coach in the 1984 Summer Olympics, and team manager in 1992 and 1996.[3] Buck was also a surf lifesaver and a life member of the Clovelly Surf Club in New South Wales.[3] He died in a tractor accident on his farm, leaving behind his wife Laraine and three daughters.[3][4]
In 2003, Greg Rogers filed a civil lawsuit against Buck, accusing him of repeated sexual assault beginning in 1960 when Rogers was 11 and Buck 16. He also claimed that his younger brother, Neil, was sexually abused from the age of eight.[4] This was settled outside court.[5] After Buck's death, the The Daily Telegraph published an interview with an unnamed "Olympic and Commonwealth medalist" who made public charges of having experienced abuse at Buck's hands as a child.[6] Whilst the interviewee's name was not disclosed, he was widely known to be Rogers.[7] The publicity prompted Paul Shearer to come forward with allegations of abuse by an unnamed Australian swimming coach.[8] Police Strike Force Solano had begun private investigations into the matter in 1998, but dismissed it in 2001 as lacking evidence.[9] His widow has denied all allegations.[10] She said that she had "trusted" Rogers, who had been the godfather of their late daughter, Sarah, and that having "looked at it from every angle, I can say with certainty in my heart ... that they are lies."[10]
References
- ^ a b Kubatko, Justin. "Terry Buck Biography and Olympic results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ Kubatko, Justin. "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Individual Medley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ a b c "Top coach Terry Buck mourned". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 March 2005. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Sexual Assault". theage.com.au. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
{{cite web}}: Text "Australian Swimming" ignored (help); Text "Greg Rogers" ignored (help); Text "Paul Shearer" ignored (help); Text "Terry Buck" ignored (help) - ^ Jeffery, Nicole (10 December 2009). "Swim coach Terry Buck denied date of meeting". The Australian. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ Walters, Adam (7 December 2009). "Olympic swim sex abuse scandal". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ Jeffery, Nicole (8 December 2009). "Swimming Australia head coach Alan Thompson takes leave amid investigation". The Australian. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Second swimmer 'abused by coach'". ninemsn.com. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Swim mum rubbishes claims coach abused kids, Olympians". Herald Sun. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ a b Cowley, Michael (10 December 2009). "Terry Buck's widow speaks out". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 September 2010.