# Dennis Hatcher
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{{Short description|Australian rower (1953–2024)}}
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'''Dennis Hatcher''' (2 April 1953 – 9 June 2024) was an Australian [rower](/source/Rowing_(sport)) and sports administrator. He was an Australian national champion rower and won a bronze medal at the [1978 World Rowing Championships](/source/1978_World_Rowing_Championships) in the lightweight division. He held major leadership positions at the Northern Territory Institute of Sport, [Australian Institute of Sport](/source/Australian_Institute_of_Sport), [Aspire Academy](/source/Aspire_Academy) and Aspire Hospital.
Hatcher was born in Adelaide and obtained Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education at the [University of Adelaide](/source/University_of_Adelaide) and [Adelaide College of Advanced Education](/source/Adelaide_College_of_Advanced_Education) respectively. In 1984, he completed a PhD in physiology at [Monash University](/source/Monash_University).[{{Cite web |last=Frickert |first=Peter |date=12 June 2024 |title=Vale Dennis Hatcher PhD |url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1150967/Vale-Dennis-Hatcher-PhD.pdf |access-date=13 June 2024 |website=Clearinghouse for Sport}}] He died after a long battle with cancer at Canberra Hospital, on 9 June 2024, at the age of 71.[[https://tributes.canberratimes.com.au/obituaries/512508/dennis-hatcher/?r=https://tributes.canberratimes.com.au/obituaries/canberratimes-au/ Dennis Hatcher obituary]]
==Rowing==
===Club and state rowing===
Hatcher's senior rowing was from the Adelaide University Boat Club and later the [Mercantile Rowing Club](/source/Mercantile_Rowing_Club) in Melbourne.
State representation first came for Hatcher in 1973 in the South Australian men's heavyweight eight contesting the King's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the [Australian Rowing Championships](/source/Australian_Rowing_Championships).[{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1973.php#ML4 |title=1973 Interstate Regatta |access-date=4 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804200839/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1973.php#ML4 |archive-date=4 August 2018 |url-status=dead}}] He rowed in two further South Australian King's Cup eights in 1976 and 1977 and stroked both those crews.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1977.php#M8 |title=1977 Interstate Regatta |access-date=4 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723122820/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1977.php#M8 |archive-date=23 July 2018 |url-status=dead}}]
In 1974 and 1976 Hatcher rowed in Adelaide University eights at the Australian Intervarsity Championships. The 1974 crew won the championship title.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/university-championships/1974.php#M8 |title=Australian University Championships - Australian Rowing History |access-date=4 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804200930/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/university-championships/1974.php#M8 |archive-date=4 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}]
By 1979 Hatcher was rowing from the [Mercantile Rowing Club](/source/Mercantile_Rowing_Club) as a lightweight and was selected to the Victorian lightweight four who contested and won the Penrith Cup at the 1979 Interstate Regatta.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1979.php#ML4 |title=1979 Interstate Regatta |access-date=4 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826080725/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1979.php#ML4 |archive-date=26 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}] In an MUBC crew he won the lightweight eight national title in 1979.[[http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1978.html#ml8 1978 Australian Championships]]
===International representative rowing===
Hatcher made his Australian representative debut at the [1978 World Rowing Championships](/source/1978_World_Rowing_Championships) in [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen) in the Australian men's lightweight eight. That crew won a bronze medal.[[https://worldrowing.com/athlete/dennis-hatcher?id=37735 Hatcher at World Rowing]]
For the [1979](/source/1979_World_Rowing_Championships) in Bled, Hatcher was again in the Australian lightweight eight which finished in overall sixth place.[{{Cite web |url=https://www.australianrowinghistory.com.au/world-championships/1991-Vienna.php |title=1991 World Championships, Vienna Austria|access-date=4 July 2019}}]
==Sports administration==
Hatcher was appointed the inaugural Director of the Northern Territory Institute of Sport.[{{Cite web |last=Government |first=Northern Territory |date=9 August 2016 |title=nested_content |url=https://parliament.nt.gov.au/business/hansard/questions/questions_listing/nest_content?target_id=343649&parent_id=364376 |access-date=13 June 2024 |website=parliament.nt.gov.au |language=en}}] From 2002 to 2009, he was the Assistant Director, Sports Science and Sports Medicine at the [Australian Institute of Sport](/source/Australian_Institute_of_Sport).