Ric Charlesworth

Having returned from a year living and writing in Tuscany Richard Charlesworth talks and consults on sport and performance.

Prior to his departure to live in Italy Ric was a mentor coach to five national team coaches with the Australian Institute of Sports and a High Performance Consultant with the Fremantle Dockers Football Club for two years. He is a doctor of medicine and a former captain of the Australian Hockey Team, the State Hockey Team and State Cricket Team. He was also a Federal member of parliament for 10 years. He retired from this position to take up coaching the Australian Women’s Hockey Team from 1993 until Sydney 2000.

During the time he coached the Australian Women’s Hockey Team they won the Champion’s Trophy in 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999, the World Cup in 1994 and 1998 and were gold medallists in the Atlanta Olympics 1996 and Sydney 2000 and Commonwealth Games 1998.

Ric Charlesworth played 227 times for Australia between 1972 and 1988. He was selected for 5 Olympics (1980 Moscow boycott) and 4 World Cups. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1976 and World Cup gold in 1986. In the 1986 World Cup he was player of the World Cup tournament and also leading goal scorer. Between 1972 and 1980 he played 1st Class cricket for Western Australia, Captaining the team in 1979.

Topics: Achievement, Business, Celebrity, Coaching, Inspiration, Leadership, Management, Olympian Athlete, Sport

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