Bridie O'Donnell to head Victoria's first office for Women in Sport from www.heraldsun.com.au. [00:10:25] 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. As long as many more episodes of different shows we have now over a thousand episodes and a global audience reach now of more than three million. And what Im asking them to do is think differently about something and that can be for some of them deeply threatening. To make matters worse, at least in the eyes of management, I showed nowhere near enough shame about my body and its apparently terrible excesses. [00:34:51] 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. You dont get what you want a lot. You fail a lot. 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. You dont get what you want a lot. [00:20:59] 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. Systems are the problem. and theres been so such a lack of diverse thinking that you know these people generally all the same age that probably went to school together and so by by asking them to have a quota and bring women in. But Im curious as to where you see the progress that youre making. Well I was active as a kid but I wasnt good at anything and we certainly had a bit of a culture of high achievement when it comes to sport and particularly we know this from from the data that girls who are really great at sport get supported and cultivated not only by their parents but by coaches by schools. First, she worked as a medical practitioner. She is currently single. The rigors and sometimes the bullying and abuse that comes with professional sport. [00:26:32] No absolutely thats a copout. Bob Marleys daughter who owns the Jamaican womens team the Thai billionaire who has funded the Thai womens team you know. And so what weve seen with now three complete seasons of AFL WS Thats the Womens Australian Rules. So youre youre pioneers in some way. How did that organization come about when did it get its funding. I discovered this when I was a professional cyclist, and realised it was the only way to be comfortable while squished in the back of a team van during the long 14-hour road trip all the way from central Italy to northern Spain for a bike race. 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. 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. Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Theyre very good at cultivating people who are highly motivated really passionate and want to make change. Her argument would be that all those smaller concerns over her long-term health could be dealt with later in life. She won national championships, Oceania Championship, raced in the AIS National team in Europe and was a member of professional womens teams in Europe and the United States. In 2006, she finished Ironman Austria, Ironman Hawaii and rode a bike course record at Busselton Ironman. 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. 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. [00:36:16] Theres theres thousands of reasons that get put forward as to why a woman cant actually follow around the head coach of a mens cricket team and just think OK what does this job look like and how would I do it if it were me because thats how I learned how to be a doctor. 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. And when Peggy talks people listen. 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. But I was a very academic kid and so I studied really hard through high school and I was completely mediocre at team sports and I wanted to be a leader like I was so desperately trying to be the best athlete and I just wasnt I didnt have enough speed I didnt have enough agility and all those things that you do when youre playing netball and touch football and some of the sports that have really big in teams here in Queensland. What theyve also done is looked around and thought Wow we dont have a lawyer or we dont have a community fund raiser or we dont have a person who understands around membership protection. Our guest this week is Dr. Bridie ODonnell, Head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation in Melbourne, Australia to discuss the issues affecting women and girls from her perspective, the progress that the organization has made to advance women and girls participation in sport and the challenges that lie ahead. 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. You have to work with people of varying abilities different types and motivations and you have to rally them all you have to have a plan and b c and d when things dont go your way. 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. So those kinds of images have far more reach than one could ever imagine. You can imagine there were dozens or they said to me you know 100 women and men applied for this job. Equally with Sydney in this country and the population of Victorias about eight and a half million and we have 115 now. 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. 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 welcome to the program. [00:30:53] And what has happened is seven white straight men have put their hand up. 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. You have to work with people of varying abilities different types and motivations and you have to rally them all you have to have a plan and b c and d when things dont go your way. So youre right were seeing enormous change and you mentioned the M O U the memorandum understanding the Cricket Australia finally succumb to with the male and female cricket players here and look at the impact thats had on our Australian women. So my mediocrity was a big part of shaping my persistence across all those sports and in rowing included I was a role for five years and an. [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. Or you can post your comments on our social media at Facebook Instagram and Twitter or LinkedIn. How do they respect and talk about women in their privacy of their own home. Eighty five per cent of those women were new women. She was a champion rower and ironman triathlete before swapping to cycling in 2007, when the Australian Sports Commission was looking for sportswomen to compete as cycling time trialists. How we overcome this hurdle of you know challenging the networks to make this free to air and satisfying the sponsors and getting the coverage that women need in the media. What Ive experienced and when I was a professional cyclist lets say 10 years ago I was in an extraordinarily talented team. In 2017, she was appointed the inaugural head of the Victorian Government Office for Women in Sport and Recreation, and in 2018 she published Life and Death a cycling memoir about her experiences racing in the womens professional peloton. "It was the ideal way to grow up I suppose; my sister and I would explore all day long and then go to school during the week," she said. In 2007 she began road cycling and in 2008 after winning the national time trial title she raced on the Australian national team and then professional teams in Europe and the United States representing Australia at three world championships. Bridie graduated as Valedictorian from the University of Queensland Medical School and won the J R S Lahz Prize for Most Outstanding Intern in 1999. During her residency she was a rower and then an iron man triathlete and finished theq Ironman highway world championship in 2006. Shes very thoughtful and contemplative but shes extremely powerful. 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. [00:34:19] And how about the increase in female coaches. We have had women meddling in basketball at the Olympics for five six Olympics and yet and we have some of the best basketball is in the world have come from Australia. Bridie O'Donnell (@bridie_od) Instagram photos and videos bridie_od Follow 6,376 posts 7,146 followers 670 following Bridie O'Donnell Eagerly anticipating my next nap This Account is Private Already follow bridie_od? How should where should the money be directed from. Youre dealing with very powerful people generally men whove had their power for a long time. So were not even retaining our high performance coaches from one Commonwealth Games to another. 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. So all of those things are challenging. 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. Thank you so much for having me on. By 1 July of this year and with an amazing amount of work and meetings and resistance and some yelling by some cranky aggrieved gentleman who were long term president saying I know women but I just dont know any woman who wants to be on this board and I think to myself I know why Barry day we got to 93 per cent of those funded organisations by 1 July who would achieve 40 percent or more and the other 7 per cent of them which is about 10 organisations were working with and meeting with every month and there may be extraordinary general meetings and theyre bringing women in and what we know about this is that whatever your feelings are about quotas I they work be they force an exploration of your existing board which is the best outcome because for so many people theyve just said we just need seven people. [00:17:26] I dont know if you saw just recently there were some moderate criticism about the scheduling of the nipple World Cup that they played a lot of games in a short space of time which for Lisa Alexander the coach of the diamonds said you know she felt that the time is now to expand that tournament to greater numbers of days which of course takes greater investment to allow the athletes to give their best so that theyre at their best and theyre not actually fatigued by the final game and obviously New Zealand had such an extraordinary performance there to win again. And we do look forward to continuing the conversation with you so thanks again and well stay in touch. Thank you for joining me. O'Donnell will have "a week or so of non-goal oriented behaviour" before training for the national road cycling competition with the Women's Rush Cycling Team. And it has been outstanding and we are now supporting New Zealand South Australia W.A. Teach you about what what it requires to be a woman in leadership and sport in Australia. Now if we come back to Australia and we look at the WB ls a great example we have the fourth season of The Womens Big Bash. [00:29:45] Organisations that deliver Sport and Recreation to Victorians that are funded by government. I can tell you that. And then when theyre not the fastest anymore they dont know what to do next. And one of the things that were actually really reassured. Were making sure we support every organisation and their attacks on. There are still definitely haters and trolls and people who are abusive. I would grab Gypsy, my rescue greyhound, and some family heirlooms that might be of very little value to others but are of great sentimental value to me. [00:11:35] So all of those things are challenging. Before rowing, when I was an ironman triathlete, leanness in the elite women was a common physical feature, and a requirement for athletes frames to endure the rigours of a nine or 10-hour event. 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. conversations from the world of women's sports. She rode 46.882 kilometres, exceeding the distance set by Molly Shaffer Van Houweling the previous September by 609 metres. In road cycling, where images of men with lean, tanned legs and hollowed cheekbones had been emblematic of true professionalism, most teams aspired for the same appearance for their women riders. ODonnell eventually made the switch back to working full time in medicine, but she never really left the world of sport. We had a team of champions and let me tell you we did not translate into a champion day. And as the saying goes you know you cant be what you cant see that that access is critically important. Then, in her mid-30s, ODonnell made the sharp pivot to professional cycling, a field where she found great success. While working in Intensive Care and studying for physician exams, Bridie competed first in rowing . [00:36:46] And so whilst we are we have scholarship programs that are offered. 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Until the next time. Eighty five per cent of those women were new women. So theres a couple of prongs to this attack if you like. Its all of the things that I experience which is you lose a lot. Organisations that deliver Sport and Recreation to Victorians that are funded by government. What would she save in a fire, whats her most useful object? This put many of the Australian womenlike myself, often converts from other sports like running, rowing or triathlonat a distinct disadvantage. 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! The discipline required to constantly deny oneself adequate calories to fuel hard training was also something that others would admire in many women riders: Did you see how she is looking now for the Giro? Hardiness and resilience were prerequisites. They drop out at all different parts of their lives milestones of their lives for example university or pregnancy or menopause or an aged parts of their lives. And I look back now and even though that was painful and it made me feel disappointed I realised that shaped an enormous amount of my persistence and that I was never in an environment where I was the best athlete ever and it took me until you know when I was 42 and I broke a world record to be the best in the world at something and thats a long time of trying and I do think that some people who peak early theres a sense there of complacency or perhaps perhaps even a lack of strategies on how to win. And the idea around comparison is actually incredibly unhelpful and quite ignorant by a lot of commentators. She is from Australia. We want fans to experience those games because that then also leads to TV viewership and that if youve never been to a WNBA game or at Suncorp if Nepal or if I thought w the atmosphere is wonderful and very family friendly nowhere near the same levels of aggression and violence. You know we see the increase in pay for professional cricketers for example. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. She is quite reserved. Killer pizza from mars calories; The personality will become 45 years old in the upcoming year. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. Now if we come back to Australia and we look at the WB ls a great example we have the fourth season of The Womens Big Bash. 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