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| Member of theAustralian Parliament forPerth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 March 1983 – 8 February 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ross McLean | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Stephen Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Richard Ian Charlesworth (1952-02-06)6 February 1952 (age 73)[1] Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Australian Labor Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Carmen Charlesworth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Hugo, Oscar, Elizabeth (Libby) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Hockey player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | OpeningBatsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1969–1970, 1976–1982 | West Perth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1976 | University Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Ian CharlesworthAO (born 6 February 1952) is an Australian sports coach and former politician. He playedfirst-class cricket forWestern Australia and internationalfield hockey for theKookaburras (the Australian national team), winning a silver medal at the1976 Summer Olympics and winning theWorld Cup in 1986. Charlesworth served as a federal member of parliament from 1983 to 1993, representing theLabor Party. After leaving politics, he was appointed coach of theHockeyroos (the national women's field hockey team), leading them to Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2000. Charlesworth later coached the Kookaburras from 2009 to 2014, and has also worked in consulting roles with theNew Zealand national cricket team, theAustralian Institute of Sport, and theFremantle Football Club (anAustralian football team).
Born inSubiaco, Western Australia,[2] Charlesworth attendedChrist Church Grammar School[2] until he graduated in 1969. In 1976, he completed a medical degree (MB, BS) from theUniversity of Western Australia School of Medicine.[3] In 2002, he received an honorary Doctorate of Science at the University of Western Australia and completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in philosophy and history also at the University of Western Australia.[4]
His fatherLester Charlesworth, a dentist, represented Western Australia in cricket between 1949 and 1951.[2][3]
In 1969 Charlesworth captained theWestern Australian State under 19 cricket team before going on to play A grade Club cricket for West Perth (1969–1970, 1976–82) andUniversity Cricket Club (1970–76). He played in 47first-class matches forWestern Australia from 1972 until 1979,[5] making 2,327 runs at an average of 30.22. He was a member ofSheffield Shield winning teams in1972–73,1976–77,1977–78, and was a squad member in the winning season of1974–75.[6]
Charlesworth was coached by Ray House atChrist 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'sfield hockey team theKookaburras. 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 theWorld Hockey Cup in London in 1986 where he was named player of the Tournament. He retired from playing after representing Australia at the1988 Olympics in Seoul. He played 227 games for his country and scored 85 goals.
Charlesworth was inducted into the Australian Hockey Hall of Fame in 2008,[7] the second person to achieve this award.
In 1980, while playing for TheUniversity of Western Australia Mens Hockey Club, Charlesworth also won theOlympian'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, theCharlesworth Medal, is named in his honour.
From 1993 to 2000 Charlesworth was head coach of the Australian Women's hockey team, theHockeyroos. During this time they won theChampion's Trophy in 1993 (Amsterdam), 1995 (Mar del Plata), 1997 (Berlin) and 1999 (Brisbane), theWorld Hockey Cup in 1994 (Dublin) and 1998 (Netherlands) and were gold medallists in theAtlanta Olympics in 1996 andSydney Olympics in 2000 and1998 Commonwealth Games inKuala Lumpur.[6]
Prior to his appointment as technical adviser to the men's and women'sIndian hockey teams, he was the high-performance manager for theNew Zealand cricket team.[8] He was selected to act as an advisor to the newly formed hockey selection committee formed by the Indian Olympic Association.[9]
Charlesworth has been a mentor coach to several national team coaches with theAustralian Institute of Sport and a performance consultant with theFremantle Football Club.[6]
In 2009, Charlesworth was appointed coach of the Australian men's national hockey team, theKookaburras. The team went on to win the2009 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy inMelbourne, Australia; the2010 Hockey World Cup inNew Delhi, India; the2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy inMönchengladbach, Germany; the2010 Commonwealth Games Men's Hockey Gold Medal inDelhi, India and the2011 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Auckland. After coaching the Kookaburras to success at the2014 Hockey World Cup in Netherlands, he resigned.[10]
Charlesworth was elected as theFederal Member for Perth in 1983, representing theAustralian Labor Party, and was a member of parliament for 10 years until retiring in 1993.[11]
Charlesworth said one reason for retiring from Parliament was that he never became a minister.[12]
Charlesworth was a member of theAustralian Sports Commission Board 1994–97 andWestern Australian Institute of Sport Board 1984–1992, 2001–2005.[3]
He has written several books, includingThe Coach – Managing for Success andStaying at the Top.[6][needs update][relevant?]
In recognition of service to the sport of hockey
For distinguished service to sport, particularly field hockey, through coaching and mentoring roles for men's and women's national teams, as a high performance consultant and technical advisor, and to the Parliament of Australia.
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