Kevan Gosper interviewed by Bob Stewart in the Sport oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4606621
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Gosper, Kevan, 1933-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2008
- 1 sound file (ca. 74 min.)
- Series:
- Sport oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Kevan Gosper speaks about his childhood and early life; his schooling in Newcastle; his involvement in sports; balancing his study and training; his athletic scholarship at Michigan State University, USA, 1950s; his role at the 1954 Vancouver Empire Games; the 1956 Olympic Games, Melbourne; the experience of being an Olympian; RAAF; the 1960 Rome Olympics; Papua New Guinea; his career at Shell Australia; becoming the member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC); the Australian Olympic Federation; his role in opening up the Olympics to professionals; reflections on his involvement in bids to bring the Olympics back to Australia; the 1999 Salt Lake City scandal; his future in the Olympic movement.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 4 November 2008, in Sydney, N.S.W.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 32 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Stewart, Bob, 1946-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Sport oral history project.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2078 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2008
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