Liane Tooth interviewed by Nikki Henningham for the Sport oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4458099
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Tooth, Liane, 1962-, 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
- 2 sound files (ca. 116 min.)
- Series:
- Sport oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Liane Tooth, an inaugural inductee into the Australian Hockey Hall of Fame (July, 2008) discusses the importance of individual accolades to a player of a team sport and peer recognition; the success of the Hockeyroos; her career in sport; her family background; her introduction to hockey; her school and university preferences and achievements, graduating B.Ed (Phys Ed) from University (1983); playing sport during tertiary study; international travel with sport; her progression through the sport from club player to member of the Hockeyroos; the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Hockey unit in Perth; playing surfaces and development of hockey sticks through the years; her strengths as a player; sporting injuries; being selected to go to the 1984 Olympic Games; participation in the Olympic Games opening ceremony; origins of the name Hockeyroo; lead up to 1988, Seoul Olympics and their gold medal win; the importance of AIS programs; impact of developments in sports science and sports psychology; World Cup in Sydney (1990); Barcelona Olympic games (1992); Sydney 2000; Ric Charlesworth; new rules enabled a new game plan; training regimes.
Tooth discusses the Atlanta Olympic Games (1996) and their win; international rivalries and friendships; employment while playing; development of career after playing career was finished; working in the area of women's and girls sports development; Womensport West; moving into talent development and high performance; barriers to women's continued participation in sport; her current role in talent development; working with Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) to identify talent in certain targeted sports; her current job; her attitude and relationship with officials and umpires; her experience of umpiring; her involvement in the Olympic Movement after her own Olympic career; the Olympic Athletes Commission's role; development of 'ASPIRE' team values; the commercial nature of Olympics; her attitude to the problem of drugs in sport; Beijing Olympics (2008); the people who supported her throughout her sporting career; life lessons learned through involvement in sport; importance of team mates and friendships.
- Biography/History:
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Liane Tooth competed in four Olympic games as a member of the Hockeyroos. Winning a gold medal in the Seoul (1988) and Atlanta Olympic Games (1996). She has won numerous awards including a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), 1989 and her induction into the Australian Hockey Hall of Fame (July, 2008).
- Notes:
- Recorded on 23 July, 2008 in Perth, W.A.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (7 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 89 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Henningham, Nicola, 1960-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Sport oral history project.
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- Until 2078 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2008
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