Gordon Tracy of the Thunderbirds is a role model. He is the pilot of Thunderbird 4, the aquanaut. He loves to swim and at one time was an Olympic swimmer and boat racer. He was born on February 14, 2004 to Jeff and Lucille Tracy.

Gordon studied oceanography and worked for the submarine patrol before International Rescue. He also worked for the World Aquanaut Submarine Patrol or WASP in Marineville. In school, he learned and studied about all the sea creatures as he coded and cataloged them. He loved the water and wanted to learn all about what lied beneath it.

Gordon loves the water and enjoys swimming, skin diving, jet skiing, as well as the occasional wave runner. He loved speeding on the water a little too much, and had a speedboat accident that put him in the hospital for four months. It really shook him up and took him time to get over it. He recovered and learned from his mistakes.

It should be no surprise to anyone that someone who loves the water enjoys eating seafood. Not everything is about water. There is nothing like a good meal including shrimp or lobster, and for dessert – vanilla bean ice cream. He plays the guitar when he has time and loves to hang out with his brothers. He is also quite the practical joker. He enjoys gags and jokes, along with his younger brother Alan. 

References

http://www.fab1.co.nz/characters/gordon%20tracy.htm

http://web.archive.org/web/20091028092503/http://www.geocities.com/johntracytb5/Gordon.html