Ric Charlesworth
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| Dr Ric Charlesworth AM |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Perth |
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| In office 5 March 1983 – 8 February 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Ross McLean |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Smith |
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| Born | 6 February 1952 [1] Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
| Occupation | Hockey player |
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| Men's Field Hockey | ||
Competitor for  Australia |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1976 Montréal | Team Competition |
Dr. Richard Ian (Ric) Charlesworth AM (born 6 February 1952) is a sports and performance consultant and a former Australian cricketer and field hockey player and coach. He is also a medical doctor and former federal politician.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Subiaco, Western Australia, Charlesworth attended Christ Church Grammar School until he graduated in 1969. He then attended the University of Western Australia.
[edit] Cricket
In 1969 he captained the Western Australian State under 19 cricket team before going on to play A-grade Club cricket for West Perth (1969–70, 1976–82) and University Cricket Club (1970–76). He played in 47 first-class matches for Western Australia from 1972 until 1979, making 2,327 runs at an average of 30.22. He was a member of Sheffield Shield winning teams in 1972-73, 1976–77, 1977–78, and was a squad member in the winning season of 1974-75.
[edit] Hockey
[edit] Player
Charlesworth was coached by Ray House at Christ Church Grammar School, where he was promoted to the school's first XI at an early age. He was a member of the PSA Hockey Cup (now known as the Ray House Hockey Cup) winning teams of 1966-67.
He played in and captained the Western Australia hockey team and the Australia men's field hockey team the Kookaburras. He was selected to represent Australia in five Olympic hockey teams, 1972, 1976, 1980 (captain) (Moscow Olympics were boycotted), 1984 (captain), and 1988, winning Silver at the 1976, Montreal Olympic Games. He was a member of the national team which competed in various other international tournaments including winning the World Hockey Cup in London in 1986. He retired from playing after representing Australia at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. He played 227 games for his country.
Charlesworth was inducted into the Australian Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987, the second person to achieve this award.
In 1980, while playing for The University of Western Australia Hockey Club, Charlesworth also won the Olympian's Medal, an annual award presented to the player judged by umpires to be the fairest and best in men's first division competition in Western Australia. In addition, the female equivalent of this award, the Charlesworth Medal, is named in his honour.
[edit] Coach
From 1993 to 2000 he was head coach of the Australian Women's hockey team, the Hockeyroos. During this time they won the Champion's Trophy in 1993 (Amsterdam), 1995 (Mar del Plata), 1997 (Berlin) and 1999 (Brisbane), the World Hockey Cup in 1994 (Dublin) and 1998 (Netherlands) and were gold medallists in the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and Sydney Olympics in 2000 and 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.
Prior to his recent appointment as technical adviser of the men's and women's Indian hockey teams, he was the high-performance manager for the New Zealand cricket team.[2] He was selected to act as an advisor to the newly formed hockey selection committee formed by the Indian Olympic Association. [1] He later resigned due to several issues related to red tape in India and his fees. [2]
Charlesworth has been a mentor coach to several national team coaches with the Australian Institute of Sport and a performance consultant with the Fremantle Football Club.
In 2009 Charlesworth was appointed coach of the Australian mens national hockey team, the Kookaburras. The team went on to win the 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Melbourne, Australia; the 2010 Hockey World Cup in New Delhi, India; the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach, Germany; and the 2010 Commonwealth Games Men's Hockey Gold Medal in Delhi, India.
[edit] Politics
He was elected as the Federal Member for Perth in 1983 and was a Member of Parliament for 10 years until 1993 representing the Australian Labor Party.[3]
Charlesworth cited his reason for retiring from Parliament was that he never became a minister.
[edit] Books
He has written three books: "The Coach – Managing for Success", "Staying at the Top" and "Shakespeare the Coach"
[edit] Awards
- Western Australian Sportsman of the Year in 1976, 1979 and 1987
- Advance Australia Award in 1984
- Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1987[4]
- Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1987
- Hall of Champions, WA 1995
- West Australian Sports Champions of the Year Award – Coach of the Year 1994–2000
- Australian Coaching Council Team Coach of the Year 1994, 1996, 1997,1998,1999,2000
- Confederation of Australian Sport Coach of the Year 1996, 1997 and 2000
- Australian Sports Medal 2000[5]
- Western Australia Citizen of the Year Award 2001
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "Family Notices.". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia): p. 20. 9 February 1952. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49014600. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ "Hockey needs India, says Ric". The Telegraph, Calcutta. 24 October 2007. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071024/asp/sports/story_8467442.asp. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
- ^ "Biography for CHARLESWORTH, Dr Richard Ian, AM". ParlInfo. Parliament of Australia. http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fallmps%2FTD4%22. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
- ^ It's an Honour: AM
- ^ It's an Honour: Australian Sports Medal
| Parliament of Australia | ||
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| Preceded by Ross McLean |
Member for Perth 1983–1993 |
Succeeded by Stephen Smith |
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- 1952 births
- Australian field hockey players
- Australian Labor Party politicians
- Australian cricket coaches
- Australian field hockey coaches
- Living people
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Perth
- Members of the Order of Australia
- Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
- Olympic field hockey players of Australia
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- People from Perth, Western Australia
- University of Western Australia alumni
- Western Australia cricketers
- Women's field hockey in Australia
- People educated at Christ Church Grammar School
- Australian sportsperson–politicians
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Field hockey people from Western Australia
- Australian cricketers
- Australian Olympic coaches
