Wilma Joyce Shakespear (born 4 March 1943), previously known as Wilma Ritchie, is a former Australia netball international, Australia head coach and sports administrator. As a player, she represented Australia at the 1963 World Netball Championships, winning a gold medal. Shakespear coached Australia at the

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and

1987 World Netball Championships The 1987 World Netball Championships was the seventh edition of the INF Netball World Cup held in Glasgow, Scotland. This quadrennial premier event in international netball featured 17 teams, and included the debut of Cook Islands. The format of ...

and at the

1989 World Games The 1989 World Games (german: 1989 Weltspiele), commonly known as Karlsruhe 1989, were the third edition of the World Games, an international multi-sport event held in Karlsruhe, West Germany. Titles 112 titles were awarded in 19 sports (5 invi ...

. Shakespear also served as head netball coach at the

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

. Shakespear is married to

Peter Shakespear Peter Shakespear (born 27 September 1946) is an Australian rower. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. Shakespear is married to Wilma Shakespear Wilma Joyce Shakespear (born 4 March 1943), previously kno ...

, a former Australian rower. In 1992 she was made a

Member of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

. As a sports administrator she was the founding director of both the

Queensland Academy of Sport The Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) is an elite sports institute set up in 1991 by the Queensland Government to support athletes in the state of Queensland. Its headquarters are currently located at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in ...

and the

English Institute of Sport The English Institute of Sport (EIS), established in May 2002, is an organisation which provides sport science and medical support services to elite athletes through a nationwide network of expertise and facilities, working with Olympic and Pa ...

. In 2010 she was inducted into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame.

Playing career

As Wilma Ritchie, Shakespear represented

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at the inaugural 1963 World Netball Championships winning a gold medal. She made seven senior appearances for Australia.

Coaching career

Australia

Shakespear coached

at the

and

and at the

. Under Shakespear, Australia were gold medalists in 1971 and 1979 and silver medalists in 1987 and 1989.

Australian Institute of Sport

Between 1981 and 1990, Shakespear served as head coach at the

. She was the first head coach of the AIS netball program.

Sports administrator

Honours

Player

;

World Netball Championships The Netball World Cup is a quadrennial international netball world championship organised by the World Netball, inaugurated in 1963. Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Australia national netball team and t ...

**''Winners'':

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Head coach

;

**''Winners'':

**''Runners up'':

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**''Runners up'':

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;Individual * Australian Netball Hall of Fame **''Inducted'': 2010

Bibliography

Wilma Shakespear,

Margaret Caldow Margaret Elaine Caldow (born 28 November 1941), also known as Marg Caldow, is a former Australia netball international and a former England head coach. She represented Australia at the 1963, 1975 and the 1979 World Netball Championships, winn ...

: ''Netball:Steps to Success'' (1979)

References

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