Richard Charlesworth AO

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Biography

Richard Charlesworth AO was born in Western Australia, Australia

Richard Charlesworth AO was a Silver medallist at the Montreal Olympic Games

Richard Charlesworth AO was awarded the Officer of the Order of Australia.

Richard Charlesworth is a former Australian cricketer and hockey player, and hockey coach, He was a federal Member of Parliament from 1983 to 1993.

Richard Ian "Ric" Charlesworth was born in 1952 at Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia^[1]
Richard is still living.
Dr. Ric Charlesworth AO is a notable Australian field hockey player, coach and administrator.
Ric Charlesworth was a Member of the House of Representatives for the Seat of Perth (Western Australia) in the Australian Federal Parliament^[2]

Olympic Games

Ric Charlesworth was an Australian Olympian at multiple summer Olympic Games^[3]

• Australian Olympic Hockey Player

Ric Carlesworth competed at the 1972, 1976, 1984 & 1988 Summer Olympic games. He won a Silver medal at the 1976 Olympics with the Kookaburras

• Australian Olympic Hockey Coach

Ric Charlesworth represented Australia as head Coach at the 1996, 2000 (Women's) & 2012 (Men's) summer Olympic Games
Ric successfully coached the Hockeyroos at the 1996 & 2000 summer Olympics to back-to-back Gold medals
Ric successfully coached the Kookaburras at the 2012 summer Olympics to the Gold medal

Political Career

Ric Charlesworth was elected as the Federal Member of Parliament in the seat of Perth, Western Australia in 1983. He held this seat for ten years until 1993.

Publications

Ric Charlesworth AO has written three books. They are:

• The Coach – Managing for Success^[4]
  
• Staying at the Top^[5]
  
• Shakespeare the Coach^[6]

Accolades

The following are significant accolades earned by Ric Charlesworth AO^[7]

• Western Australian Sportsman of the Year in 1976, 1979 and 1987
• Advance Australia Award in 1984
• Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours
• Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours
• Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1987
• Hockey Australia Hall of Fame 2008
• Hall of Champions, W.A 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
• Western Australia Citizen of the Year Award 2001
• Western Australian Finalist Australian of the Year 2011
• Australian Institute of Sport Coach of the Year 2010
• Inaugural Australian Institute of Sport World's Best Award 2014

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Ric Charlesworth Webpage

Dr. Ric Charlesworth AO has his own website.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ wikipedia.org
2. ↑ sahof.org.au
3. ↑ olympedia.org
4. ↑ Charlesworth, Ric.; The Coach: Managing for Success (Western Australia: RC sports (W.A), 2001)
5. ↑ Charlesworth, Ric.; Staying at the Top (Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, 2002)
6. ↑ Charlesworth, Ric.; Shakespeare The Coach (Western Australia: RC Sports (W.A) Pty. Ltd., 2016)
7. ↑ wikipedia.org
8. ↑ riccharlesworth.com

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