Peter Tasman Bartels , AO (born 4 January 1941) is an Australian

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, track cyclist and sport administrator.

Personal

Bartels was born on 4 January 1941 in

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. He married Marilyn Loveland and they have two sons. He attended Box Hill Grammar School. Bartels is reported to own the coveted "VIC 1" single-digit Victorian

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, worth an estimated $10 million.

Business

Bartels has been a successful Australian businessman. He began his corporate career at

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in the 1960s and then went on to be managing director of

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. He was CEO and Managing Director of

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from 1985 to 1992. He then became CEO of

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from 1992 to 1996. In 2000, resigned as Chairman of Voicenet after only 2 months. In 2005, he became a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Aus Bio Limited and Starpharma Pooled Development. He was a Director of

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and member of the

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for eight years.

Cycling

As a track cyclist, he won several Australian titles. ;1958 Sydney :Junior 1000m Sprint :Junior 500m Time Trial ;1959 Perth :Senior 1000m Time Trial 1st ;1960 Adelaide :Senior 1000m Time Trial 2nd :Senior 1000m Sprint 3rd ;1961 Launceston :Senior 1000m Time Trial 1st :Senior 1000m Sprint 1st ;1962 Sydney :Senior 1000m Time Trial 1st . At the

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, he won the gold medal in the Men's 1000m Time Trial.

Sport administration

Bartels has played as important role in Australian cycling administration over 20 years. He has held the positions of Patron, Vice President and Board Member with the

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. He was also the Australian and Oceania delegate to the

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. In 1997, he was appointed Chairman of the

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and departed in 2008. Whilst he was Chairman, he was responsible for the last three years of the successful ''Olympic Athlete Program''. This program resulted in Australia recording its greatest performance at a

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, winning 58 medals and finishing 4th on the medal tally. As Chairman, he lobbied the government for funding and in 2001 the

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released its new sport policy called ''Backing Australia's Sporting Ability''. This policy injected $161.6 million into Australian sport over four years. He was also the Chairman of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Committee for Sport. He was a Director of the Organising Committee of the

2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held i ...

. He was a Director of the

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Corporation from 2001 to 2006.

Awards and honours

*1988 - Sir Charles McGrath Award, Australian Marketing Institute *2001 - Centenary Medal for outstanding service to Australian sport and sports administration *2002 – Associate Inductee

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*2004 - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to the community as a sports administrator, particularly in the areas of strategic and budgetary planning and sports development and promotion, and to the business sector

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartels, Peter 1941 births Businesspeople from Victoria (state) Living people Australian sports executives and administrators Officers of the Order of Australia Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Australian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Cyclists from Melbourne Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from Victoria (state)