Wilma Shakespear

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Wilma Shakespear
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Wilma Shakespear coaching the AIS netball team in 1986
Personal information
Full nameWilma Joyce Shakespear(née Ritchie)
Born (1943-03-04) 4 March 1943 (age 81)
Victoria, Australia
Spouse Peter Shakespear
Netball career
YearsNational team(s)Caps
1963 Australia 7
Coaching career
YearsTeam(s)
197x–197x Australia
1981–1990 Australian Institute of Sport
198x–198x Australia
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
World Netball Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1963 Eastbourne Team

Wilma Joyce Shakespear AM (born 4 March 1943), previously known as Wilma Ritchie, is a former Australia netball international, Australia head coach and sports administrator. As a player, she represented Australia at the 1963 World Netball Championships, winning a gold medal. Shakespear coached Australia at the 1971, 1979 and 1987 World Netball Championships and at the 1989 World Games. Shakespear also served as head netball coach at the Australian Institute of Sport. [1] [2] [3] Shakespear is married to Peter Shakespear, a former Australian rower. [4] [5]

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In the 1992 Australia Day Honours, Shakespear was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) "for service to sports, particularly netball." [6] [7] As a sports administrator she was the founding director of both the Queensland Academy of Sport and the English Institute of Sport. In 2010 she was inducted into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame. [8]

Playing career

As Wilma Ritchie, Shakespear represented Australia at the inaugural 1963 World Netball Championships winning a gold medal. She made seven senior appearances for Australia. [1] [2] [9] [10] [11]

Coaching career

Australia

Shakespear coached Australia at the 1971, 1979 and 1987 World Netball Championships and at the 1989 World Games. Under Shakespear, Australia were gold medalists in 1971 and 1979 and silver medalists in 1987 and 1989. [2] [12]

TournamentsPlace
1971 World Netball Championships [13] Gold medal icon.svg
1979 World Netball Championships [14] Gold medal icon.svg
1987 World Netball Championships [15] Silver medal icon.svg
1989 World Games [3] Silver medal icon.svg

Australian Institute of Sport

Between 1981 and 1990, Shakespear served as head coach at the Australian Institute of Sport. She was the first head coach of the AIS netball program. [16] [17] [18]

Sports administrator

PositionEmployerYears
Manager Australian Institute of Sport [19] 1990–1991
Director Queensland Academy of Sport [19] [20] [21] 1991–
Director English Institute of Sport [19] [20] [21] 2001–2008
Director Netball Australia [8] [22] [23] 2011–2013

Honours

Player

Australia

Head coach

Australia
Individual

Bibliography

Wilma Shakespear, Margaret Caldow: Netball:Steps to Success (1979)

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