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I. Speed

Born 1970s.

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Son of Peter Speed and [private mother (unknown - unknown)]

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[children unknown]

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Biography

I. Speed was born in Victoria, Australia

I am Australian. I was born in Kerang, a small town in the wheat belt of Victoria, about 3 hours’ drive north-west of Melbourne.

I grew up in Melbourne, not far from the Riversdale Golf Club where my father worked as a golf pro. I come from a family of golfers. My parents met on the golf course. All of my grandparents were avid golfers. My great-grandfather was a member of Royal Melbourne Golf Club, and my great-great-uncle won the Australian Amateur golf championship.

I. Speed is a Paralympian. He represented Australia at the 2008 Paralympic Games.

It might sound strange, but I don’t play golf. I run. I represented Australia at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, competing in the 800m at the Bird’s Nest. And, no, I didn’t win a medal. I came 9th overall.

I. Speed participated in the 2023 England Project Halloween Challenge.

I. Speed participated in the 2022 England Project Monopoly Challenge.

I. Speed participated in the 2022 England Project Supermarket Trolley Dash Challenge.

I. Speed participated in the 2022 England Project Boat Race Challenge.

I. Speed participated in the 2021 England Project Wimbledon Challenge.

I. participated in the England Project’s Pub Crawl.

I. Speed has completed the England Project's Orphan Trail.

I. participated in the England Project’s Gilbert and Sullivan Challenge.

I. participated in the England v Australia Ashes Challenge.

I am a lawyer by training. I graduated from Monash University before going on to postgrad studies at Kyushu University in Japan. I worked as a lawyer in Melbourne for more than a decade, specialising in corporate and financial services law, but now live in Japan with my wife and two daughters.

I am one of the project leaders of the England Project and Wales Project. I also volunteer as a Mentor and Mediator.

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DNA Connections
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100.00% 100.00% I. Speed: AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YK6452709 [compare] [compare x], Ancestry member speedi
~0.78% Norman Speed : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member robynspeed94

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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about I.:

I. Speed is a Wonderful WikiTreer May 17, 2023.
I Speed is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jul 28, 2021.
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I Speed is a Wonderful WikiTreer Oct 28, 2020.
I Speed is a Wonderful WikiTreer Sep 5, 2020.

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Margaret (Gale) Haining

Hi Ian,

It's time for our annual Australia Project membership checkin. Thank you so much for your involvement in the Project in the last year and for all your help improving Australian profiles on WikiTree. Australia Project members play such a vital role in Australian genealogy on WikiTree.

Please could you reply to this profile comment (don't add a new comment!), or send me a private message to let us know if you'd like to stay on in the Project, and to let us know what you plan to work on for the next year, and if you would like to change any of the teams you are on. Our teams are listed on Australia Project Teams.

We know that people move on to new things, so if you no longer want to be in the Australia Project, please let us know so that we can remove you from the membership list.

Over the past year, Australia Project members have been more active on Discord. We're finding it a fun way to communicate as a project. As you are already a member of the dedicated Australia Project server (WikiAustralia) where all our chat channels are located, we hope you'll join the chat! It's a great way to communicate with other members on your project team/s, or for any general questions.

We're always happy to receive any ideas or suggestions that you have to make our project even better.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

The Australia Project Leadership Team ~ Gillian, Kylie, Margaret and Veronica

posted Nov 19, 2024 by Margaret (Gale) Haining

I. Speed

Thanks Margaret -- and thanks for all that the Australia Project Leadership Team does for the project!

Yes, I'm happy to stay in the project and to remain in the the Australian Notables Team. I haven't been overly active working on Australian profiles recently, but I like to dabble from time to time :)

Ian

posted Nov 22, 2024 by I. Speed

Margaret (Gale) Haining

Thank you for responding to the check-in message, and for your ongoing contributions to WikiTree and the Australia Project, they are much appreciated!

We look forward to 2025 being a great year on WikiTree!

Regards, Margaret

posted Nov 22, 2024 by Margaret (Gale) Haining

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