Tracy Phillips
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| Full name | Tracy Joy Phillips | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1968 Lincoln, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||
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| National finals | High jump champion (1993, 1994, 1996) | ||||||||||||||
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Tracy Joy Phillips MNZM (born 8 January 1968) is a former New Zealand high jumper and police officer. She competed for New Zealand at two Commonwealth Games, in 1990 and 1994, winning a bronze medal in the high jump in 1990.[1] Phillips joined the New Zealand Police in 1990, rising to the rank of inspector. She is noted for her advocacy for LGBTIQ+-friendly policies within the police, and for her support of the relationship between the New Zealand Police and the LGBTIQ+ community.[2] Since leaving the New Zealand Police in 2019, Phillips has worked as the inspectorate general manager for the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and since 2020 she has been a principal investigator at Maritime New Zealand.[3]
Early life and family
[edit]Phillips was born at Lincoln on 8 January 1968, the daughter of Yvonne (née Wright) and Fred Phillips.[4][5] She was raised in Whanganui, and was educated at Wanganui High School.[4] Phillips went on to study at the University of Canterbury, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989.[4][6]
Honours and awards
[edit]Phillips was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[4] In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the New Zealand Police and the community.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Tracy Phillips at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- ^ "Queen's Birthday Honours 2018 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ Hutt, Kendall (19 August 2019). "Ex-police inspector appointed SPCA's new inspectorate general manager". Stuff. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 299. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ "Births". The Press. Vol. 108, no. 31572. 9 January 1968. p. 17. Retrieved 21 November 2024 – via PapersPast.
- ^ "Graduate search". University of Canterbury. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2018". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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