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Place of Birth: Townsville, Queensland, Australia
About Stuart Karppinen
- Stuart James Karppinen (born 13 June 1973) is a former Australian cricketer who is also the former strength and conditioning coach of the Australian national cricket team.
- Born in Townsville, Karppinen moved to Canberra with his family at a young age.
- He played for the Australian Capital Territory Under-19s at the 1991–92 Barclays Bank Australian Under-19 Championships, taking one wicket in his only match.
- He was first selected for the Australian Capital Territory senior side during the 1993–94 season, although the ACT did not at the time have either first-class or List A status, and thus only played state teams' Second XIs and other sides touring Canberra.
- Karppinen was also the recipient of an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship in 1997.
- The Australian Capital Territory was admitted to the Australian domestic limited-overs competition for the 1997–98 season, playing as the "Canberra Comets".
- Karppinen played six matches for the team in their inaugural season, taking nine wickets with a best of 2/35.
- Karppinen did not play any matches the following season, and transferred to Western Australia for the 1999–2000 season. Karppinen made his List A debut for Western Australia against South Australia during the 1999–2000 Mercantile Mutual Cup.
- He played 11 further matches for Western Australia, the last of which during the 2002–03 season, taking five wickets at an average of 78.00.
- Karppinen made his first-class debut for Western Australia against Victoria at the WACA Ground during the 2000–01 Pura Cup.
- He took 2/34 and 3/34 on debut, and made 1 and 17 batting.
- He did not play another first-class match that season, and only played two further first-class matches, both against touring international sides: against South Africa during the 2001–02 season, against whom he recorded his best bowling analysis of 4/110 off 26 overs; and against England during the 2002–03 season.
- He retired at the end of the 2002–03 season due to stress fractures in his back, and returned to Canberra.
- Karppinen subsequently studied sports science at the Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence and Charles Sturt University.
- He served as fitness coach for the Bangladesh national team between 2004 and 2006, before being recruited by New South Wales where he served as strength and conditioning coach.
- He was appointed strength and conditioning coach of the Australian national team from 2007-2011 and c.
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