Anne Green

Anne Green (5 March 1951 – 30 November 2022) was an Australian swimming coach and administrator particularly in relation to disability sport. She was Chair of the International Paralympic Committee Swimming Executive Committee from 1992 to 2006.

Personal She was born on 5 March 1951 in Perth, Western Australia. Her father was prominent Australian sport administrator Jack Howson and mother was Elizabeth Weddeburn.

Sport Green started swimming at the age of eight. At the time of her appointment, Green was the only Australian fully qualified as a technical classifier. She had studied in France the previous year to obtain international status to classify the degree of functional disability as it was applied to swimming. In 2002, she was awarded the John K. Williams Jr International Adapted Aquatics Award by the International Swimming Hall Of Fame for her service to people with disabilities. Her citation stated that Green "dedicated herself to providing swimmers with disabilities fairness in classification, equal access to elite competition, and impartiality in rules and regulations.

Publications Coaching swimmers with disabilities.Canberra, Australian Swimming, 1991, VHS Video Swimming against the current: a practical teaching and coaching manual for swimmers with disabilities, 2010. (Three editions published)