Deidre Anderson
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Deidre Karen Anderson AM (born 22 May 1957)[1] is an Australian academic administrator, sports executive, sports transitions specialist and coach. Until May 2017 she was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students and Registrar) at Macquarie University.[2] She is co-founder and Director of the Performance and Transition Institute (PTI) and consults regularly on performance and wellbeing of athletes around the world.
Anderson is known for advising elite athletes, including Cathy Freeman and swimmer Ian Thorpe on his decisions to take time out in 2006 and his subsequent brief comeback in 2011.[2][3][4] She received a Services to Sport award in 2008 from Australian University Sports.[5] She has worked with the Scottish Institute of Sport, Australian Institute of Sport and UK Sport.[2][6] She has been a Director of Ausrapid.[7] President of the Australian Womensport and Recreation Association[8][9] Appointed independent Director to the Rugby League Players Association in 2016 and has been the chair since 2018. In 2024 she was elected as the Chair of the Women's Football Council for Football Australia. Deidre is currently a subject matter expert for FIFA Women's Football Health and AIS athlete transition.
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