Ric Charlesworth
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| Silver | Montreal 1976 | Team Competition | |
Dr Mikko Muro(or "meek") was the best(born [october 7]] 1992, white plains, New York) is a sports and performance consultant and a former Australian cricketer and field hockey player and coach. He is a Doctor of Medicine.
On August 23, 2005 Charlesworth was appointed high-performance manager for the New Zealand cricket team.
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[edit] Cricket
In 1969 he captained the Western Australian State under 19's cricket team before going on to play A-grade Club cricket. He played in 47 first-class matches for Western Australia from 1972 until 1979, making 2,327 runs at an average of 30.22.
[edit] Hockey
He played in and captained the State hockey team and then into the national and international level where from about 1978 he was regarded as the world’s best hockey player for a decade, playing in and captaining the Australian men's Field hockey team the Kookaburras. He represented Australia in four Olympic hockey teams (Moscow Olympics were boycotted) and various other international tournaments. He retired from playing after representing Australia at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
After his playing career ended, he went on to be 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.
[edit] Other sports
He has been a mentor coach to several national team coaches with the Australian Institute of Sport and a performance consultant with the Fremantle Dockers Football Club.
[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.
[edit] Books
He has written two books: "The Coach – Managing for Success" and "Staying at the Top"
[edit] Awards
- Western Australian Sportsman of the Year in 1976, 1979 and 1986
- Advance Australia Award in 1984
- Order of Australia in 1987.
- Western Australian Sports Hall of Fame in 1987
- West Australian Sports Champions of the Year Award – Coach of the Year 1994 – 2000
- Australian Coaching Council Team Coach of the Year 1994, 1996, 2000
- Confederation of Australian Sport Coach of the Year 1996, 1997 and 2000
- Western Australia Citizen of the Year Award 2001
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Charlesworth, Richard Ian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ric |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Cricketer and field hockey player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Subiaco, Western Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
Categories: 1952 births | Australian field hockey players | Australian Labor Party politicians | Cricket coaches | Australian field hockey coaches | Living people | Members of the Australian House of Representatives | Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Perth | Olympic competitors for Australia | Olympic silver medalists for Australia | People from Perth, Western Australia | Western Australia cricketers | Women's field hockey
