John Boultbee (sport administrator)

John Francis Boultbee AM[1] (born 9 March 1950)[2] is a lawyer and leading Australian sport administrator particularly in relation to rowing and football. In 1990, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for services to rowing as an administrator.[1] Since November 2014, he is Volleyball Australia's Director of High Performance.[3]

Personal

He was born in Orange, New South Wales on 9 March 1950.[2] His parents are James Alan Boultbee OAM and Helen Laurine Boultbee.[2] He came from a family interested in sport and he participated in athletics, diving and rowing growing up. At the age of 13 he became involved in rowing as a coxswain.[4] This involvement was to lead to a long involvement in rowing. He attended Orange High School and Shore School.[2] He completed at Bachelor of Laws (Hons) at University of Sydney and Master of Laws at University of London.[2] After completing his legal studies, he worked in private practice as a barrister until 1989.[2]

Sports administration

Rowing

Between 1989 and 1995, he was Secretary General of the International Rowing Federation.[2] He is currently a board member of the International Rowing Federation and Rowing Australia and Steward of the Henley Royal Regatta. Besides these current positions, he has had a long association with rowing in Australia as a cox, coach, national team manager and state councillor.[5] His club association as a competitor (coxswain) and administrator (club secretary) was with the Sydney University Boat Club.

In December 2017, he was awarded FISA's Distinguished Service to International Rowing.[6]

Australian Institute of Sport

He was the fifth Director of the Australian Institute of Sport from 1995 to 2001, succeeding Robert De Castella. While he was Director, he supervised the Olympic Athlete Program, which was largely responsible for Australia winning 58 medals and finishing 4th on the medal tally at the Sydney Olympics.[7] He was not reappointed to the position and was replaced by Michael Scott.[8]

Football

In 2004, he was appointed by Football Federation Australia to establish a high performance unit.[9] [10] He was responsible for overseeing the national teams including the Socceroos, Olyroos and Matildas. During this period, the Socceroos qualified for World Cups in Germany, South Africa and Brazil. He left the position in 2013 due to his desire to stand for the presidency of rowing's international governing body FISA.[11]

Volleyball

In November 2014, he was appointed Volleyball Australia's Director of High Performance which is responsible Australia's Volleyroos and Beach Volleyroos programs.[3]

International Organisations

Since 1996, he has been a judge of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[7] Since 2000, he has been a director of Australia for UNHCR Limited.[12] In this role, he has been a strong advocate for the transformative sports programs UNHCR provides for young refugees, having observed these programs in refugee camps in Thailand.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "John Francis Boultbee". It's An Honour Website. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Who's who in Australia. Melbourne: Crown Content. 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Boultbee to lead high performance for Volleyball Australia". Australian Olympic Committee website. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Collins, Melanie (1996). "AIS Director looks beyond 2000". Sport. 16 (Autumn): 24–25.
  5. ↑ "Rowing Australia Board". Rowing Australia website. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "2017 World Rowing Award Winners Revealed". World Rowing website.
  7. 1 2 Lane, Rebecca (17 November 2005). "From Blues to Socceroos". Sydney University Sport & Fitness News. Archived from the original on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "AIS makes executive decision". The Australian. 22 March 2001.
  9. ↑ Lynch, Michael (1 June 2004). "Double act to help guide Australian soccer". The Age. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  10. ↑ "Inside the FFA". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  11. ↑ Smithies, Tom (22 May 2013). "FFA boss David Gallop swings the axe as national teams boss John Boultbee departs". Australian. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Board Members". Australia for UNHCR. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
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