Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. The two women who coached in the first season got and McCown one of whom won the premiership cannot get a job here. But as youve seen globally weve been taken over by Russia China the UK and definitely the US. Now if we come back to Australia and we look at the WB ls a great example we have the fourth season of The Womens Big Bash. Last week Dr O'Donnell was inducted into the 2021 Victorian Women's Honour Roll under the 'Change Agent' category. And of course here in the States so many are owned by my wealthy people you know of the Womens Soccer League here in the States. They drop out at all different parts of their lives milestones of their lives for example university or pregnancy or menopause or an aged parts of their lives. From 2007 to 2016, Bridie competed in road and track cycling. So I was appointed in November 2017. Where are you. And we have nowhere near enough adult women participating in organised sport. You are my reputation as a sporting nation but just to give a little bit about Graham Brady is to your sporting history because youve been very involved with sport actively as a triathlete and then as a cyclist. I would go back to the lost baggage section each week when a team mechanic was headed to the airport for one reason or another, but it never showed up. [00:24:40] Id like to own the WNBA and Id like to purchase a team for my daughter and we see that happening a lot is that sport is propped up by benevolent donors passionate fans people buying teams for their sons thats happening in this country and yet its not happening for womens legs and I mean how was it blown away by some of those stats from the Womens World Cup. So being active playing sport engaged in it in their life. And weve seen more than one women a week killed by her former husband or intimate partner which is a devastating statistic in this country that we need and we are working very hard to remedy. Discover Bridie O'Donnell's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. I mean being an elite athlete and representing your country or being the best in the world is such an incredibly privileged little bubble to live in. These are the kinds of conversations he has. But, like so many young women I would encounter in my time racing, she would only allow me to be a doctor on her terms. So it actually wasnt until I was in my second year of medical school I went straight into medical school out of high school and I started doing a triathlon. Bridie what what did your main focus in the big to dos because you know youve got a huge huge agenda. The upper limit of the lightweight category was 59kg, and the majority of women who rowed for Australia were heavyweights. You know we have a really a problem in Australia against violence against women. And of course theyre related. Yes absolutely and weve covered them here on WiSP Sports going back to whats on your desk now. What theyve also done is looked around and thought Wow we dont have a lawyer or we dont have a community fund raiser or we dont have a person who understands around membership protection. So people were engaging then theyd know they know they all know who Alex Perry and Alyssa Healy and all these players are now because they saw the footage of them they know those names are recognizable and now every woman and man who is a cricket fan in Australia they can name those players that someone said Can you name five women who play cricket. I was good but just never great enough to represent my country. [00:19:16] Managing their social media accounts and to make it very clear that this is a powerful image that needs to be shown and and it became an accelerated image the world started talking about this. I was allocated a coach in my state, persisted through that year then won the time-trials in the Oceania and National Championships. And yet we have over 30000 girls and women registered to play was he rules in this state and hundreds more that are paid teach physical education teachers or former coaches in other jobs that could be highly qualified to do that. [00:30:53] And what has happened is seven white straight men have put their hand up. Number two increasing the number of girls and women but mostly women in leadership positions in sport more CEOs but even more importantly more umpires coaches referees visible leadership of women on fields with whistles telling people what to do is an extraordinarily powerful debunking of this myth that women dont know how to rally a team or they dont know how to be harsh or they dont know how to be assertive and firm or they dont know how to bring together twenty five guys to get them to do something thats thats a complete myth as we all know. Six years of med school was helpful but actually following around the senior doctor and thinking Okay heres what being a surgeon involves. Former international cyclist Dr Bridie O'Donnell has replaced wealthy businessman Alex Waislitz, who quit suddenly yesterday. Given that most of the mid-season races on the womens calendar were between three and four hours long, and involved circuits with long climbs and technical descents, riders who had been on a bike for decades and were not only fearless and desperate, but quite literally, hungry, were potential winners. How do they respect and talk about women in their privacy of their own home. Shes an expert shes respected shes hard. Shes an expert shes respected shes hard. If you want to learn more about him, check this article after a few days. Equally with Sydney in this country and the population of Victorias about eight and a half million and we have 115 now. For anyone who I mean for most people who work in sport or even volunteer in sport its the passion that drives them its the reason that you get out of bed every morning and some of those days are extraordinarily difficult and heartbreaking. Whats that look like for you now. So my mediocrity was a big part of shaping my persistence across all those sports and in rowing included I was a role for five years and an. As long as many more episodes of different shows we have now over a thousand episodes and a global audience reach now of more than three million. According to our Database, She has no children. One of them is being done by the Australian Institute of Sport led by Kate Palmer CEO. Bridie returned to full-time work in 2013 at Epworth HealthCheck and teaching doctor-patient communication at Deakin University Medical School. So all I need to do my job is curiosity persistence support from my employer and my colleagues and a willingness to learn and anyone can do any job when they had those four characteristics. So they have funded a national program around women in leadership and coaching theyve basically selected 16 scholarship holders from all over the country and are cultivating those. Now how do you do you have any thought so. She will win for sure!. The rigors and sometimes the bullying and abuse that comes with professional sport. Is that we achieved our board quota deadline on 1 July of this year where sporting organizations that are funded by the Victorian Government acknowledging that for your listeners that Victorias is one of the states of Australia. Now shes a young AFL footballer playing for Carlton who has not only incredible strength and agility but she has this kicking style thats very characteristic for her. Thank you for joining me. Six years of med school was helpful but actually following around the senior doctor and thinking Okay heres what being a surgeon involves. If you have any comments or questions about the shows that we do or suggestions for guests please do drop us a line to info at WiSP Sports dot com. Its all of the things that I experience which is you lose a lot. [00:34:24] So theres a couple of prongs to this attack if you like. You are my reputation as a sporting nation but just to give a little bit about Graham Brady is to your sporting history because youve been very involved with sport actively as a triathlete and then as a cyclist. Peggy is an amazing trailblazer here in Australia and she chaired and there were some very important influential powerful athletes and administrators women and men involved in this inquiry that published a report at the end of 12 months and what they had looked into were some specific data around a number of women girls participating in sport access to facilities that these women and girls have number of women in leadership positions in sport. Thank you so much. During her residency she was a rower and then an Ironman triathlete, and finished the Ironman Hawaii World Championships in 2006. Bridie also managed and reached for Rush womens team a national road series cycling team in Australia in 2016. Thank you for joining me. So it had both sides of politics supporting the inquiry and it was chaired by an American. Best of 2016: Bridie O'Donnell's world record breaking hour in photos, The stories behind the stories: CyclingTips editors share their favorite articles of 2016 and why, The women's world hour record climbs again: Evelyn Stevens rides 47.98 km, Beyond fitness: What it takes for a world hour record attempt. So it had both sides of politics supporting the inquiry and it was chaired by an American. And what was what followed was a real a real moment in time because of revolting abuse ensued of people sort of objectifying and making really disgusting sexist comments about her about the physical position she was in. They would lament conspiratorially how irritating it was that an idiot old lady with no authority, who was not a world champion, was telling them what to do. There and can use those facilities and feel part of a club. [00:35:56] Systems around unconscious bias around myths of maintaining confidentiality so we dont want to have a mentee follow the head coach male coach around or retaining information and privacy that you cant have women in mens spaces because you know sexuality issues or nudity or whatever. And its amazing what it is to be constantly comparing yourselves to world champions because firstly you have to learn to deal disappointment on a regular basis but what it also does is it actually really reframes your way of thinking about well what can what do I need to do to perform. By 1 July of this year and with an amazing amount of work and meetings and resistance and some yelling by some cranky aggrieved gentleman who were long term president saying I know women but I just dont know any woman who wants to be on this board and I think to myself I know why Barry day we got to 93 per cent of those funded organisations by 1 July who would achieve 40 percent or more and the other 7 per cent of them which is about 10 organisations were working with and meeting with every month and there may be extraordinary general meetings and theyre bringing women in and what we know about this is that whatever your feelings are about quotas I they work be they force an exploration of your existing board which is the best outcome because for so many people theyve just said we just need seven people. So youre youre pioneers in some way. Our guest this week is Dr. Bridie ODonnell who is head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation in Melbourne Australia and she is here to discuss the issues affecting women and girls from her perspective. Devastatingly however, it was working: her illnessI saw it clearly as an illnesswas performance-enhancing. Until the next time. Dr O'Donnell is a medical doctor, graduating from the University of Queensland's school of medicine in 1998 and is the current head of the Office for Woman in Sport and Recreation for the Victorian State Government. One of them is a beautiful gold pendant necklace that has a small glass and gold medal on it. She became the first Australian woman to make an attempt on the UCI world our record in 15 years setting a new world record of forty six point eighty eight two kilometres at the Adelaide Superdome in November 2017. I began by asking Bridie how the organisation came about. Its just it can be overwhelming but I hope it can be rewarding too and youll youll see absolutely the changes. I was good but just never great enough to represent my country. And yet the WNBA all is a really as a league that is struggling and has struggled to get investment. I had some staff by the time we got to April 2018 and so weve been up and running. Theyre powerful for girls growing up. Has this been a lifelong passion and did you. [00:10:25] Well it certainly teach to see problem solving skills and what we know theres data from an amazing piece of research that Ernst and Young did globally where they examined women in leadership positions all over the world. That access is all a part of being accessible right the accessibility of sport. And if I had had men in the public service say youll never be able to be this boss of this office and run this budget do make this change because youve never done it before then. They just often win because theyre the fastest. If we were to simplify wed say our three strategic priorities are increasing the number of girls and women participating in sport and aggression. I think thats a critical part of increasing the coverage and exposure of womens sports. You know how to deliver you keep going when youre tired you keep going when youre annoyed when it rains when its windy. How should where should the money be directed from. Where did that money go and why are we not seeing as much content as we would like and the WNBA is a great example. And so whilst we are we have scholarship programs that are offered. Weve had a multibillionaire man invest in the NBL here and he owns the league and a couple of teams but no multibillionaire is common said. In 2007 she began road cycling and in 2008 after winning the national time trial title she raced on the Australian national team and then professional teams in Europe and the United States representing Australia at three world championships. Systems are the problem. 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