Tracy Phillips Explained

Tracy Phillips
Full Name:Tracy Joy Phillips
Birth Date:8 January 1968
Birth Place:Lincoln, New Zealand
Country:New Zealand
Sport:Track and field
Event:High jump
Nationals:High jump champion (1993, 1994, 1996)
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Tracy Joy Phillips (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. 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.[1] 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.[2]

Early life and family

Phillips was born at Lincoln on 8 January 1968, the daughter of Yvonne (née Wright) and Fred Phillips.[3] She was raised in Whanganui, and was educated at Wanganui High School. Phillips went on to study at the University of Canterbury, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989.[4]

Honours and awards

Phillips was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[5] 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.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Queen's Birthday Honours 2018 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit . 4 June 2018 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 21 November 2024.
  2. News: Ex-police inspector appointed SPCA's new inspectorate general manager . Kendall . Hutt . 19 August 2019 . . 21 November 2024.
  3. News: Births . 9 January 1968 . . 108 . 31572 . 17 . 21 November 2024 . PapersPast.
  4. Web site: Graduate search . University of Canterbury . 21 November 2024.
  5. Book: Taylor . Alister . Coddington . Deborah . Alister Taylor . Deborah Coddington . Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand . 1994 . New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa . Auckland . 0-908578-34-2 . 299.
  6. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 2018 . 4 June 2018 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 21 November 2024.