CAMPBELL Richard

Date of Birth: 18 Sep 1987

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Place of birth: NEWCASTLE, NSW

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : SYDNEY, NSW

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Water Polo	Men AUS Australia	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group B #04 AUS Australia 10 MNE Montenegro 15	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group B #09 AUS Australia 11 CRO Croatia 8	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group B #18 SRB Serbia 14 AUS Australia 8	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group B #20 AUS Australia 5 ESP Spain 16	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group B #30 AUS Australia 15 KAZ Kazakhstan 7	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Men	2012	London, GBR
8	Men	2008	Beijing, CHN
9	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Men	2019	Gwangju, KOR
8	Men	2015	Kazan, RUS
8	Men	2013	Barcelona, ESP
9	Men	2011	Shanghai, CHN
10	Men	2009	Rome, ITA

World League - Super Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2019	Belgrade, SRB
6	Men	2018	Budapest, HUN

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2018	Berlin, GER

Chard, Richie (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 01 Jul 2016; AWP, 11 Jul 2008)

Occupation:

Business, Humanities - University of New England, Armidale, ACT, AUS

Languages spoken:

UNSW Wests Magpies [Sydney, NSW, AUS]

Elvis Fatovic [national], CRO

Position style:

Centre back (australianwaterpolo.com.au, 2011)

Right (australianwaterpolo.com.au, 2011)

Sporting relatives:

His great-grandfather Frank Laver was a cricketer and played 15 tests for Australia from 1899-1909. His brother has played water polo at national level. (Newcastle Herald, 14 Jul 2011; NOC, 13 Jul 2008)

2006 for Australia Against Canada (Newcastle Herald, 14 Jul 2011)

National league:

Australian Water Polo League [AUS] (waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 05 Jan 2020)

He began playing water polo at age 11 in Newcastle, NSW, Australia. (Newcastle Herald, 31 Jan 2009)

When his older brother joined a water polo team, his swim coach Shane Arnold asked him if he would like to try it as well. (Newcastle Herald, 31 Jan 2009)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (newcastleherald.com.au, 02 Mar 2018)

US basketball player Michael Jordan. (AOC, 05 Aug 2008)

Philosophy:

"There comes a time in every man's life when they have to face the music." (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 01 Jul 2016)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
He has considered taking a break from the sport after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "There's no room to leave anything on the table. You've got to have a go. At the same time I'm thinking maybe this is probably going to be my last one and last time I'm going to play the sport as well for a little while or [at least] competing at a high level." (newcastleherald.com.au, 14 Jan 2020)

COACH
He has served as the head water polo coach at St Catherine's School in Sydney, NSW, Australia. (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 01 Jul 2016)

Social Media

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richie-campbell-97a16786

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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