Ray Godkin interviewed by Mick Fogarty for the Sport oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4389123
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Godkin, Ray, 1934-, 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
- 2 sound files (ca. 105 min.)
- Series:
- Sport oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Ray Godkin, OAM, speaks of his early life and family background; learning a trade, his apprenticeship, engineering; joining the N.S.W. Police at 26; undertaking course with Federal Police (1980); forming the N.S.W. Police Accident Investigation Squad (1982); retiring (1989); his entry into cycling administration; his involvement in international sport; his cycling years as a competitor; cycling facilities in Australia; Australian track and road cycling; the participation levels in cycling; Australian cycling between Olympic Games (1956) and the 1980s; Australian Institute of Sport (AIS); the increase in Australian cycling Olympic medals 1984 to 2004; Australian cycling greats; Australia's strength in team pursuit; becoming President of the Cycling Federation of Australia; managing the Sydney 2000 Olympic cycling program; Executive of Australian Olympic Committee, serving one four-year term, at same time President of Commonwealth Games.
Godkin discusses being a Board member of Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI); the merger of amateur and professional governing bodies (1991); his nomination for Official-of-the-Year, 2006 Australian Sports Awards; the relevance of the Commonwealth Games; being the UCI technical delegate for cycling for last six Games and for Commonwealth Games New Delhi (2010); President of UCI Solidarity and Development Commission; the expansion of cycling in Asia; South Australian Tour Downunder, Pro-Tour event; the future of road racing; government funding overseas versus Australia; his books on track racing and track building; coaching organisations; selection processes and controversies; Charlie Walsh; Shayne Bannan; advances in sports science; the toughness of tour road cycling; drugs in cycling; relationship between private promoters and UCI; dependence of sport on sponsorship; the implementation of biological passports; Operacion Puerto; the prospects of an Australian pro trade team competing in major tours.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 30 April, 2008 in Sydney.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (8 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 45 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Fogarty, Mick, interviewer
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This belongs to the Sport oral history project.
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- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2008
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