| 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 | ||
| 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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Born in Subiaco, Western Australia, Charlesworth attended Christ Church Grammar School until he graduated in 1969. He then attended the University of Western Australia.
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.
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.
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.
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.
He has written three books: "The Coach – Managing for Success", "Staying at the Top" and "Shakespeare the Coach"
| Parliament of Australia | ||
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| Preceded by Ross McLean |
Member for Perth 1983–1993 |
Succeeded by Stephen Smith |
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