Glenn Tasker

Glenn Robert Tasker (10 November 1951 – 15 August 2019) was a leading Australian sport administrator particularly in swimming, tennis and the Paralympic movement. He was President of the Australian Paralympic Committee from 2013 to 2018.

Sport administration career Tasker was Executive Director of New South Wales Swimming from 1990 to 1998. In 2001, he was appointed to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Swimming Australia, a position that he held until June 2008. Tasker took up the position when Swimming Australia was undertaking a period of major change with long standing national coach Don Talbot and executive director Vena Murray leaving the organisation. During his leadership at Swimming Australia, Australia had its most successful Olympics for the sport of swimming at the 2004 Athens Olympics since the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, winning seven gold medals. It also won five gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Issues which Tasker managed whilst CEO included the leaking of Ian Thorpe's abnormal doping violation, Ian Thorpe's disqualification from the 400m Freestyle at the Olympic trials after a false start and Nick D'Arcy's removal from the Australian team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics after assaulting Simon Cowley.

Tasker resigned from Swimming Australia to return to his family located in Sydney and take up the position of Chief Executive Officer of Tennis NSW. Whilst at Tennis NSW, there was an expansion of its Community Tennis Team to effectively service member clubs, associations and coaches and the development of GIO Wheelchair Tennis Centre of Excellence.

Education Tasker earned a Diploma of Teaching from Mitchell College of Advanced Education, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New England, and Master of Education from the University of Sydney.

Recognition Tasker was recognised for his work, receiving several awards including: Australian Sports Medal — 2000 New South Wales Olympic Council Merit Award Recipient Australian Sports Commission's Service to Sport Award — 2017