John Bertrand OAM - ' It takes a different type of person '

“To do extraordinary things, it takes a different type of person.”

This week, we welcome Australian sporting icon John Bertrand AO to ‘In the Arena’, a leader who exemplifies this mindset.

With the Olympics currently dominating the sporting landscape as only the Olympics can, John brings his perspective as both a competitor (two-time Olympian and Sailing Bronze Medalist) and the man who was given the job of righting Australian Swimming when it lost its way a decade ago, with our team achieving a record medal haul in Tokyo, and off to an exciting start in Paris.

But he is best known as the Australian who skippered Australia II to victory to win the 1983 America’s Cup, breaking 132 years of American domination and, in the process, breaking the longest-running record in the history of modern sport ...