Three-time Olympic champion Tracy Stockwell never shirked a challenge in the pool and is likewise totally committed to reforming an Australian swimming team culture that some female swimmers have branded toxic and misogynistic.
Thirty-eight years after winning three gold medals under her maiden name of Caulkins at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, the American has just started her new position as president of Swimming Australia (SA).
"We've got some excellent coaches, but like society there are sometimes a few who don't do the right thing and we are committed to making sure that some of those past experiences are not repeated," she said in a telephone interview.