Wilma Shakespear

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Wilma Shakespear
AM
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 83)
Victoria, Australia
Spouse
Peter Shakespear
Netball career
Years National team(s) Caps
1963 Australia 7
Coaching career
Years Team(s)
197x–197x Australia
1981–1990 Australian Institute of Sport
198x–198x Australia
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Netball Championships
Gold medal – first place 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]

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

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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

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Australia

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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]

Tournaments Place
1971 World Netball Championships[13] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1979 World Netball Championships[14] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1987 World Netball Championships[15] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1989 World Games[3] 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Australian Institute of Sport

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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

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Position Employer Years
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

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Player

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Australia

Head coach

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Australia
Individual

Bibliography

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

References

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