Kathleen Partridge

Olympic medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing Australia

Kathleen Partridge (born 7 December 1963) is an Australian former field hockey player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[1]Partridge debuted for Australia in 1985 making the Australian field hockey squad in 1982. She has received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1989 and an Australian Sports Medal in 2000. All up, Partridge has attended five olympics; two as a field hockey player (Barcelona, Vice Captain 5th, Seoul, Gold ) and three in a coaching capacity as a specialist goalkeeping coach with the Hockeyroos. Kath was appointed goalkeeping coach to work with Ric Charlesworth in 1995 through to 2000 and in that time the Hockeyroos won many gold medals including Olympic Gold Medals in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000).

In 2010, Kath was appointed goalkeeping coach with the Hockeyroos and was dedicated to build a formidable goalkeeping squad with Toni Cronk, the London Olympic goalkeeper, performing - in Partridge’s words; ‘the best performance at an Olympics by an Australian female or male goalkeeper’.

Kathleen went on to coach again with Richard Charlesworth at the men’s World Cup in Amsterdam in 2014 after being appointed as the first female coach to enter the Australian Field Hockey Men’s program in 2013. Kath enjoyed gold success in Melbourne (Champions Trophy 2013) and World Cup gold in 2014 with the Kookaburras. She continued with the Men’s’ field hockey team until the end of 2015 then deciding to have a break from national coaching.

Kath has written two coaching manuals specifically written for goalies and those coaching goalkeepers. Both text have been sold world wide and have supported goalkeepers from most countries.

Currently, Dr Kath Partridge (UWA PhD 2005), is a College Principal in Perth Western Australia and has worked in public education for over thirty years.

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kathleen Partridge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

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[sref-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kathleen Partridge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

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