Simon Hollingsworth (born 9 May 1972) is a former track and field athlete who was the CEO of the

Australian Sports Commission The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is the Australian Government commission responsible for supporting and investing in sport in Australia. The Commission incorporates the Australian Institute of Sport. From 2018 to 2022, it was known as S ...

from 2012 to 2016.

Athletic career

Hollingsworth competed nationally and internationally for Australia in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ...

. He participated in the 1992 and 1996

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, the

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

and

World Athletics Championships The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...

. Hollingsworth holds the record in the 400m hurdles at under 18 level with a time of 50.45 seconds.

Education

He studied at

St Patrick's College, Launceston St Patrick's College is a coeducational Catholic school, Catholic secondary (7–12) college, located in Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania. The college has close to 1500 students enrolled. History The present St Patrick's College beg ...

, and

St Virgil's College St Virgil's College is an independent Catholic primary and secondary day school for boys, located over two campuses in Austins Ferry and Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1911 by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, the College has ...

, Hobart, before graduating from the

University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College, one of the university's residential colleges, first prop ...

in 1996 with a combined degree of Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws, achieving Honours in Law. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Exeter College,

Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

where he studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

Business career

Hollingsworth is a member of the Athletes commission and has acted as chairperson of the Commission since 2000. He was an Executive Director in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet before being appointed the CEO of the

on 27 September 2011. Hollingsworth resigned as CEO in August 2016 to take up a senior finance position in the Victorian Government. Hollingsworth is currently the CEO of the Magistrates' Courts of Victoria.

National podiums

*400 m hurdles **1993–94: third (49.68) **1994–95: runner-up (49.73) **1995–96: runner-up (50.12)

International competitions

References

External links

Under 18 record
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hollingsworth, Simon 1972 births Living people Australian male hurdlers Australian Rhodes Scholars Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford People educated at St Virgil's College Australian Institute of Sport track and field athletes Australian sports executives and administrators World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Place of birth missing (living people)