Allan Hahn interviewed by Rosalind Hearder for the Sport oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4348177
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hahn, Allen, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2008
- 4 sound files (ca. 295 min.)
- Series:
- Sport oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Allan Hahn born 1951 in Melbourne, speaks about his parents; his interest in sport; enjoying teaching PE (Physical Education); tutoring and lecturing while completing his PhD; taking up position at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra; meeting his wife, starting a family; his thesis; hoping to help asthmatics; his transition from academic to sport scientist; Frank Pike; Don Talbot; John Cheffers; overseas coaches; sport being part of Australian national identity; developing their own equipment and advances in modern equipment; observations of differences in characteristics between overseas and Australian women rowers; developing tests for identifying potential rowers; recruitment of good young coaches; the scepticism of academics to sports science; the risk of missing potential elite athletes through the rowing talent identification scheme; the role of sport psychology; the pressure on young people to perform; results of early research leading to developing cooling jackets; his work and family life balance; the problem of drugs in sport; the IOC (International Olympic Committee); the EPO test; Sydney 2000 Olympics; Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games; Kate Slatter and Megan Still.
Hahn talks about his appointment as national sports science coordinator for rowing; the anti-drugs culture in Australia; developing the AIS PhD program; partnerships with universities; benefits and limitations of the coach-driven philosophy; the importance of technological research; physiologists, endurance sports; the advances in scientific knowledge of other sports; different sports having specific physiological requirements; Sally Robbins; balancing welfare of the athlete with achieving sporting goals; relationships between athletes and coaches; Athlete Career and Education program; the physical risks and benefits of long-term training; public perceptions of the AIS; the culture of the AIS; directors; genetic technology; the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA); Australia's success in recent Olympics and Commonwealth Games; drug cheats; the honour of receiving an OAM; the Bulletin magazine; his greatest sportspeople; sustaining a long career at the elite level; observing young athletes who are likely to be exceptional; athletes transferring between sports; his pride in the development of sports science and of the AIS; his personal contribution; developing partnership and links with other organisations; building an industry around sport; the importance of his family; his children; his wife's community work.
- Notes:
- Recorded on March 12 and 19, 2008, at the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (9 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 87 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Hearder, Rosalind, 1975-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Sport oral history project.
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- Creation date:
- 2008
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