Addy Bucek

{{short description|Australian sailor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date = January 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date = January 2020}}

{{Infobox sailor

|name = Addy Bucek

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|fullname = Addy Elizabeth Bucek

|nationality = Australian

|birth_date = {{birth_date and age|1960|12|30|df=y}}

|birth_place = Geelong, Victoria, Australia

|classes = Women's 470

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Addy Elizabeth Bucek (born 30 December 1960) is an Australian sailor. She competed in the women's two-person 470 dinghy class for Australia at two Olympic Games.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/addy-bucek-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007234359/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/addy-bucek-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-10-07|title=Addy Bucek Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|date=2019-10-07|access-date=2020-01-14}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cadetclass.org/events/cadet-world-champions|title=Cadet World Champions|website=WK Cadet|access-date=2020-01-14}}

At the Barcelona 1992 Olympics, with Jeni 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.australiansailingteam.com.au/history/olympians/|title=Olympians – Australian Sailing Team|website=www.australiansailingteam.com.au|access-date=2020-01-11}}

The 470 World Championships in Toronto, Canada 1995 saw Lidgett and Bucek finish 12th.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sailing.org/regattainfo.php?view=eventoa&rgtaid=1024®attaid=1024&evntid=4833|title=470 World Championships, 1995|last=|first=|date=|website=sailing.org|language=en|access-date=2020-01-11}}