O'Donnell set the record at the the Adelaide Super-Drome, which is a far cry from her family house in Obi Obi Valley, where her family lived off-the-grid. [00:06:43] But as youve seen globally weve been taken over by Russia China the UK and definitely the US. 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. They would need to have 40 per cent women on the boards of these organisations acknowledging these were all volunteer positions. But my goodness it does allow you a context and help you deal with strong personalities and we say that a lot in where Im working now as a sports administrator or working in government. According to our Database, She has no children. Eighty five per cent of those women were new women. During her residency she was a rower and then an iron man triathlete and finished theq Ironman highway world championship in 2006. My concerns about that were met with derision by old, chain smoking Italian men who drove the vans and said that seatbelts were invented by the English and are a waste of time! In the early season Spring Classics, races in northern Europe that were renowned for their cobbled roads and inclement weather, race winners were invariably strong, ferocious Dutch or Belgian women who didnt mind sideways rain or being put in the gutter (pushed to the dangerous and unpredictable soft edges of the roads) by other riders. During her residency she was a rower and then an iron man triathlete and finished theq Ironman highway world championship in 2006. She would say why dont the race organisers just mandate to you know Euro sport that they have to show 30 minutes and they would say well you need to pay us and then say Okay fine. Theres no way were going to get that across the line. But we also need the networks to to buy into it too because at the end of the day everybody benefits if they have the foresight to invest in it at whatever level. And then when theyre not the fastest anymore they dont know what to do next. You mentioned a couple of times there Bridie in the last few minutes about the Fitbit the free to air TV that that makes a big difference in terms of exposure for womens sports. There was no chance I could have been a lightweight; I was too tall with healthy but heavy muscle mass that would have required me to radically transform my eating habits. How should where should the money be directed from. Yes absolutely and weve covered them here on WiSP Sports going back to whats on your desk now. So I was appointed after a very long process. And when it is provided to them in a really classy package if you like it at the best stadium with the greatest amenity and the best TV coverage and free to air they will watch it. But you also then when you come out the other side of that and transition into civilian life as I like to call it you also realize just how unimportant that is as well. One year I was stupid enough to pack it in a suitcase of clothes I couldnt care less about when I was heading off to Italy to join my pro team, and of course the baggage never arrived at Malpensa Airport in Milan. Six years of med school was helpful but actually following around the senior doctor and thinking Okay heres what being a surgeon involves. Required fields are marked *. Transcending Sport is hosted by Chris Stafford. So it had both sides of politics supporting the inquiry and it was chaired by an American. 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. Bridie: In 2007, Cycling Australia put a call out to other sports for athletes with the potential to become time trialists. She is also a medical doctor, graduating valedictorian from the University of Queensland, and now focuses on helping cancer patients with behavioural changes to help improve their overall wellbeing. 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. So we have a lot more men and in fact five times as many boys and men play competitive and organised sport in Victoria as do girls women girls women are active at the same rates. First, she worked as a medical practitioner. [00:25:24] Look at the proof of how thats raised the profile of womens soccer in this country because thats now on free to air TV and you can find that on the networks every week during season some of the coaches say oh sorry to interrupt you but I was just thinking about a lot of the coaches will say high performance coaches will say they still want to see people at games and that Lisa Alexander talks about this with netball and the super nimble coaches will say we want you to come. So, how much is Bridie O'Donnell worth at the age of 48 years old? We wont be able to convince our state politicians and federal politicians to invest in a womens football tournament. You know all those generalised resistance statements that a lot of people have which is Im okay with girls playing footy but I dont want to watch women doing it on TV. 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. [00:34:33] They came away from the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games last year with some pretty sobering data. View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. The joy of having secured that first pro-contract was quickly dented by some fairly harsh realities, not the least of which was seeing the damage some cyclists were prepared to inflict on their bodies inthe pursuit of success. Equally with Sydney in this country and the population of Victorias about eight and a half million and we have 115 now. And I think also our sporting nature nation culture is a bit is a bit mythical. Ensuring that girls and women can show up to sporting clubs and feel safe included theres not just this sort of dark mahogany with pictures of men who won in 1963 that these places are family friendly and people want to. [00:25:13] 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. Organisations that deliver Sport and Recreation to Victorians that are funded by government. She is currently single. But it is frustrating when you see the standard of play in the success of play because often the argument is so well medals will will win for funding means as it does in the UK for example with lottery funding they want to see the medals first but it can be a catch 22 as well. This year, Australias most unique slashie will again join the SBS commentary team for the Tour De France when it kicks off on Saturday 26 June. 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. [00:38:15] Bridie We could talk for much longer but Im mindful of your time there is there really so much to cover and Yep things keep coming up that Id like to bring up but I going to let you go and get on with your day because I know your day is starting but maybe we could circle back some time and continue this conversation because I think its I would love Aston and yes I could talk about this stuff. You know the cricket team and others. When I graduated from medical school my grandmother gave me the medal and necklace, and Ive kept it safe for 20 years. Copyright 2017 All Rights Reserved. But it is frustrating when you see the standard of play in the success of play because often the argument is so well medals will will win for funding means as it does in the UK for example with lottery funding they want to see the medals first but it can be a catch 22 as well. Im not suggesting that we all need to endure. 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. Bridie O'Donnell's net worth [00:03:39] And then what needed to come from that and there were nine recommendations that came from this report and the Victorian Government committed to implementing all nine of them. About so many things I could have done better. So whilst we do have a reputation of being healthy and bronzed and tanned were in fact you know I think we have the third highest rate of childhood obesity in the world behind the US and Mexico. One of them is being done by the Australian Institute of Sport led by Kate Palmer CEO. They just often win because theyre the fastest. 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. So the other another problem them for example is the AFL. 3-min read. And I do find myself thinking that a lot whatever work Im doing I think you know what Ive been in a worse situation than this. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 29 April. She is not dating anyone. O'donnell is a world champion road cyclist, a . We were racing at the flesh while on which is a famous race in Belgium with the iconic one kilometer and 10 percent climb at the finale and the women do the race in the morning sort of around 10 or 11 and then the end of the race in the afternoon in the mens races of course live on free to air TV across Europe and America millions of people watch the womens race. Bridie was appointed the inaugural head of the Office for Women and Sport and Recreation by the Victorian Government and in May 2018 she published a life and death a cycling memoir about her experiences as a professional cyclist in the international peloton. 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. Systems are the problem. Were making sure we support every organisation and their attacks on. 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. You know theres this myth that oh lets just train more women lets give them coaching courses lets educate them. Usually former players umpires referees presidents etc. Dr Bridie O'Donnell (born 29 April 1974) is a road cyclist from Australia. [00:18:56] And interestingly the response by the AFL media was to remove the photo and then the Internet responded even more vociferously people in support of her and of womens sport by saying this is not the solution removing womens images from public spaces is not the way to silence critics. Women like Angela Merkel and Christine Lagarde You know Theresa May. And she said if thats how theyre talking about me on social media what are they. But we do have a lot of great wheelchair athletes who did very well obviously in Rio and do very well. O'Donnell said her primary education was also unique, going to the Blackall Range Independent School, which shunned traditional classroom education and held many lessons run by parents. Has this been a lifelong passion and did you. [00:29:50] So these are things like nipple Victoria hockey Victoria swimming Victoria and three years ago before I even started they were instructed that there would be a board quota. Where do you see Australia right now in terms of equality. She is from Australia. And yet the WNBA all is a really as a league that is struggling and has struggled to get investment. And what Im asking them to do is think differently about something and that can be for some of them deeply threatening. But if youre just mediocre as a girl you tend to drop out whereas boys who are mediocre keep going. My most useful object is definitely my pillow. Its my life you know. They would have a budget over a four year cycle and they would then work alongside the Department of Sport and Rec to oversee policy. That access is all a part of being accessible right the accessibility of sport. And it has been outstanding and we are now supporting New Zealand South Australia W.A. 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. She is a member of famous with the age 48 years old group. My skill set as Team Valdarnos only Australianthe oldest, the least experienced and the heaviestdefinitely didnt fulfil the kind of outlier traits Italian womens cycling valued. Nothing really was landed at that time around how that would look at that. [00:14:07] We are in such a rapid time of change that its quite discombobulating. They could do it five years ago they would probably struggle and so well I think we need to determine the barriers. Until the next time. Youre dealing with very powerful people generally men whove had their power for a long time. So its one of the biggest cities. Now how do you do you have any thought so. If we were to simplify wed say our three strategic priorities are increasing the number of girls and women participating in sport and aggression. So you know there are opportunities out there. CEOs and board directors and the stats are mind boggling 96 percent of women in leadership positions across all industries have been competitive athletes. [00:02:25] Well its an opportunity to learn about what you doing there at the Office for Women and Sport and Recreation because its the one and only organization of its kind in the in Australia as I understand it. So all of those things are challenging. But as you saw not only from the extraordinary performances of the US national womens team but the one point one billion viewers and the stadiums that were packed out is that people want to see and witness the best quality sport on offer. And the other beautiful thing that sport teaches you is just how good you can be at something when you focus on it. Our guest this week is Dr. Bridie O'Donnell 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. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. [00:16:37] But its early days but theres no doubt that what were seeing now is instead of the why we used to there would have been a lot of the why why should we fund womens sport or why women arent as good as men. 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. And since Title 9 in the United States were seeing now a third generation of girls and women benefiting from legislation that allows them to receive the same financial support at universities. So learning that online is not good enough. [00:30:53] And what has happened is seven white straight men have put their hand up. My teammate would eat an apple. As a young girl growing up in a house with no electricity and television, Dr Bridie O'Donnell had no idea she would one day be a world champion cyclist. We now had over 100 women last 18 months benefit from our scholarship program where they apply through a competitive process to get to five or ten thousand dollars to seek out an educational opportunity to advance their sporting career or their administration career whatever it is they do in sport and rec but we also know that systems need to change and thats where board quotas support it. The first day she gets it and I am living breathing example of that that I had never worked in government before and all I was was just a washed up athlete doctor. 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. Theyre powerful for girls growing up. The core values of WiSP Sports are based on the following principles to: WiSP Sports, Inc. Dr Bridie O'Donnell graduated Valedictorian from the University of Queensland Medical School and won the JRS Lahz Prize for Most Outstanding Intern at Mater Adult Hospital. Well thats like where its very nicely into my next point. And look were winning the mens ashes too. I would make some coffee and then I would eat some sort of cereal with yogurt and berries. You know we have a really a problem in Australia against violence against women. Brady thank you so much for taking time to come on the show today. After rotating through various Medical and Surgical departments as part of junior residency she moved to Melbourne in 2001. And since Title 9 in the United States were seeing now a third generation of girls and women benefiting from legislation that allows them to receive the same financial support at universities. How should where should the money be directed from. During my first week riding in Italy, after the team presentation and before we embarked on the season of racing up north, one of my teammates insisted she had to lose 5kg, otherwise everything would be very, very bad. The dilemma for me was obvious: my concern for her health, and my medical knowledge about the long-term effects on her body and her mind, let alone her career, were constantly in my thoughts. Bridie ODonnell shares three special things. We had a team of champions and let me tell you we did not translate into a champion day. Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. That photograph was circulated by a very well-known AFL photographer here Michael Wilson whos received awards for the photo. [00:35:41] So what we know about women as coaches is that their lack of qualifications is not the thing. Im Chris Stafford. Of course, knowing when to stop would be the trick that allowed her to get her body to where she wanted it to be, and subsequently, to win. I had some staff by the time we got to April 2018 and so weve been up and running. What does this say. But as youve seen globally weve been taken over by Russia China the UK and definitely the US. It was free to air on Channel 10 Channel 10 did an amazing job not only of broadcasting it but as you know the power of social media of retweeting great little clips of some of the really strong athletic performances of women batting and bowling etc. 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. Then it would have been an even more difficult. A typical training day would unfold in a series of slow, generally silent manoeuvres. She was tall and had the arms of a prima ballerinastrong, but skinny as hell. 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. And then when theyre not the fastest anymore they dont know what to do next. 2018 saw ODonnell publish Life and Death, a memoir detailing her experiences as a cyclist in Europe. So the bar was really high so I got my arse handed handed to me every single race. My sessions were always prescribed by Donna [Rae-Szalinski]; they were time trial-specific, and often focused on flat roads, whereas my teammate would put in four or five hours of slow pedalling, then maybe some climbs, usually across the highway towards Sienna. Your email address will not be published. [00:23:43] So for example there was a rather controversial commitment made by the federal government a few years ago where they said were going to give money to Fox Sports to focus on niche sports. We have 17 per cent of school aged children are getting the required amount of physical exercise every day of one hour one hour of movement and only 17 percent of kids are getting it. And like so many of them I took a chance of you know quitting my job as a physician where I was working behaviour change because I just felt that this was a unique opportunity and remarkable way for me to have an influence over the lives and the outcomes of so many girls and women that I didnt have when I was coming through sport and that so many girls and women who are who have a disability or who are from a multicultural background or from a marginalized communities definitely dont have in Australia. These werent really. 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. Its not actually how well am I getting along with my family my children my wife my husband my parents. Bridie ODonnell has enjoyed two very different careers. Its where May speaking it you know over 120 events panels conferences et cetera in the last 18 months supports that is driving that message home that leadership can look different. She rode 46.882 kilometres, exceeding the distance set by Molly Shaffer Van Houweling the previous September by 609 metres. ODonnell has written about the experience in her newly released book Life and Death, which not only tells the tale of the personal journey, but also shines a light on many of the issues those in the womens peloton have to grapple with if they choose to chase cycling success. Its a great question. Until the next time. Because Im most curious about this you know being in the media for as long as I have. I can tell you that. 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