| 词条 | Kevan Gosper |
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| honorific-prefix = AO | name = Richard Kevan Gosper | image = Kevan Gosper - 1951.jpg | caption = Gosper in 1951 | nationality = Australian | order = Chief Commissioner of Melbourne | term_start = 1993 | term_end = 1996 | deputy = | predecessor = | successor = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1933|12|19|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = }}{{MedalTableTop|name=no|medals={{MedalSport| Men's athletics }}{{MedalCountry| {{AUS}} }}{{MedalCompetition| Olympic Games }}{{MedalSilver| 1956 Melbourne | 4 × 400 metres relay}}{{MedalCompetition| British Empire and Commonwealth Games }}{{MedalBronze| 1954 Vancouver | 4 × 110 yards relay }}{{MedalBronze| 1958 Cardiff | 4 × 110 yards relay }} }} Richard Kevan Gosper, AO[1] (born 19 December 1933) is an Australian former athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was formerly a Vice President of the International Olympic Committee, and combined Chairman and CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, Australia. 1956 Summer OlympicsGosper competed for Australia in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, where he won the silver medal in the 4 × 400 metre relay with his teammates Graham Gipson, Leon Gregory and David Lean. International Olympic CommitteeHe was nominated to the International Olympic Committee in 1977; was a vice president of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG). He is chief of the IOC Press Commission, deputy chairman of the IOC Co-ordination Commission for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, chairman of Olympic Games Knowledge Services and president of the Oceania National Olympic Committees. He was inaugural chairman of the Australian Institute of Sport 1980–85, and president of the Australian Olympic Committee 1985–1990 and continues to serve on its executive board. From 1980 to 1993 Kevan was chairman and chief executive of Shell Australia in Melbourne, and later head of Shell Asia Pacific operations out of London. The other positions he has held include being chief commissioner of the City of Melbourne and chairman of the National Australia Day Council. He is a director of a number of Australian companies, including Crown Casino Limited, Visy Industries and Lion Nathan. His autobiography, An Olympic Life, was published in March 2000. Gosper attracted controversy in the run up to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney when his daughter was invited to take part in the Olympic Torch relay. Several days earlier the media published a story which stated that a young Greek-Australian girl, who at the time was travelling through Greece with a school exchange program, would be the first Australian to run with the Olympic flame. Gosper, who at the time was already in Greece overlooking preparations for the Games, was not aware of this article being published.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} The media criticised Gosper for replacing the young Greek-Australian girl with his daughter, even though the media had no official statements from the Greek National Olympic Committee to support this allegation.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} The idea of her running with the torch had simply been mentioned by the head of her school exchange program who thought it would be a wonderful opportunity if it could be arranged.[2] Later he was accused of being an "apologist for dictators" after his criticism of pro-democracy protesters during the Beijing 2008 torch relay.[3] He suggested that during the Olympic Torch Australian appearance Chinese para-military torch attendants could be called into action if Australian police were unable to cope with potential protests. His remarks prompted a swift rebuke from Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland.[4] HonoursGosper was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1986, and was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1989.[1][5] He received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 for services to athletics and the Olympic movement,[6] and has been similarly honoured by France, The Netherlands, Spain, Monaco and Senegal and Solomon Islands.[7] Notes1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=886419&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Gosper, Richard Kevan, AO|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=22 September 2013}} {{Footer Commonwealth Champions 400m Men}}{{Footer Australia NC 200m Men}}{{Footer Australia NC 400m Men}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gosper, Kevan}}2. ^{{cite news|url = http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s125425.htm|title = Sophie Gosper, Olympic torch bearer| date = 10 May 2000| accessdate = 2008-04-24|work = The World today| publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation|last = Wilde| first = Kevin}} 3. ^{{cite news | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411012051/http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/china_torched_5/ | archivedate=11 April 2008 | url=http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/china_torched_5/ | title=China torched #5 | first=Andrew | last=Bolt | authorlink=Andrew Bolt | newspaper=Herald Sun | date=9 April 2008 | accessdate=3 April 2018 }} 4. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23547274-2702,00.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811185058/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/gosper-rebuked-on-flame-security/story-e6frg6nx-1111116073739 | archivedate=11 August 2011 | title=Gosper rebuked on flame security | first1=Samantha | last1=Maiden | first2=Paul | last2=Maley | newspaper=The Australian | date=16 April 2008 | accessdate=3 April 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame/member-profile/?memberID=93&memberType=general|title=Kevan Gosper AO|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|accessdate=22 September 2013}} 6. ^{{cite web |title = It's an Honour |publisher = Australian Government |url = http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/sports_medal.cfm |accessdate = 2008-08-10 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110216143502/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/sports_medal.cfm |archivedate = 2011-02-16 |df = }} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame/member-profile/?memberID=93&memberType=general|title=Sport Australia Hall of Fame - Member Profile: Kevan Gosper|accessdate=2012-02-26}} 21 : 1933 births|Living people|Australian male sprinters|Australian Olympic Committee administrators|Australian International Olympic Committee members|Australian sports executives and administrators|Olympic silver medalists for Australia|Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Olympic athletes of Australia|International Olympic Committee members|People educated at Newcastle Boys' High School|Officers of the Order of Australia|Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal|Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees|Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)|Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics|Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia|Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia |
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