Addy Bucek


Addy Bucek is an Australian sailor. She competed in the women's two-person 470 dinghy class for Australia at two Olympic Games.
Bucek began sailing as a child, competing with her brother Frank Bucek as skipper in the cadet dinghy class. In 1974 they won the Cadet World Championships in Tróia, Portugal.
At the Barcelona 1992 Olympics, with Jenni Lidgett as skipper, she finished 9th in the 470 event. At Savannah, Georgia, the 1996 Olympic sailing venue, she and Lidgett finished 8th in the 470 event.
The 470 World Championships in Toronto, Canada 1995 saw Lidgett and Bucek finish 12th.

Personal

Bucek was born in Geelong, Victoria on 30 December 1960. She married Darren Dunkley-Smith, who died in 2012. They have three children, Joshua Dunkley-Smith, dual silver Olympic medallist in rowing, Addy jr. and Connie.