Charles Turner

Charles Turner (born 3 September 1952) is an Australian water polo player. He represented Australia as a member of the Australia men's national water polo team at three Olympics: 1976 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics and Head Coach of the Australian team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He later became a sport administrator working for the New South Wales Institute of Sport.

Personal Charles has two children named Francesca and Harry. Turner was born in Ardrossan in North Ayrshire, Scotland, on 9 September 1953. He later moved to Adelaide, South Australia. He is tall and weighs . In 1970, he was a member of the Adelaide-based Payneham water polo team.

Turner was a member of the Australia men's national water polo team. He had 504 caps with the team. At the 1980 Games, his team finished seventh, beating Bulgaria 9–5, Italy 5–4, Greece 4–2 and Sweden 9–2, and drawing Romania 4–4 along the way. He was the first top-level water polo coach to work at the Australian Institute of Sport. In this role, he coached future women's national water polo team coach Greg McFadden. After two years on the team, Turner named McFadden as his assistant coach.

Sport administration Turner was the Chief Executive Officer of the New South Wales Institute of Sport from 2003 to 2016. He has also been inducted into the New South Wales Hall of Fame and Path of Champions.