Simon Hollingsworth
Simon Hollingsworth (born 9 May 1972) is a former track and field athlete who was the CEO of the Australian Sports Commission from 2012 to 2016.
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 9 May 1972 | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | |||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprints | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Athletic career
Hollingsworth competed nationally and internationally for Australia in the 400 metres hurdles. He participated in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games and World Athletics Championships.
Hollingsworth holds the record in the 400m hurdles at under 18 level with a time of 50.45 seconds.
Education
He studied at St Patrick's College, Launceston, and St Virgil's College, Hobart, before graduating from the University of Tasmania in 1996 with a combined degree of Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws, achieving Honours in Law.[1]
He was a Rhodes Scholar at Exeter College, Oxford where he studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.
Business career
Hollingsworth is a member of the Athletes commission and has acted as chairperson of the Commission since 2000.
He was an Executive Director in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet before being appointed the CEO of the Australian Sports Commission on 27 September 2011.[2] Hollingsworth resigned as CEO in August 2016 to take up a senior finance position in the Victorian Government.[3]
Hollingsworth is currently the CEO of the Magistrates' Courts of Victoria.
National podiums
- 400 m hurdles
- 1993–94: third (49.68)
- 1994–95: runner-up (49.73)
- 1995–96: runner-up (50.12)
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 12th | 400 m hurdles | 51.54 |
| World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 20th | 400 m hurdles | 52.9 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.51 | |||
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 22nd | 400 m hurdles | 49.74 |
| 1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | — | 400 m hurdles | DNF |
| 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.46 | |||
| 1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 34th | 400 m hurdles | 50.66 |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 51st | 400 m hurdles | 52.16 |
References
- ^ http://www.utas.edu.au/foundation/about-the-foundation/foundation-graduate-award
- ^ Australian Sports Commission welcomes new CEO 6 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Masters, Roy (29 August 2016). "Australian Sports Commission's CEO Simon Hollingsworth resigns". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2016.