Richard Kevan Gosper, AO[2] (19 December 1933 – 19 July 2024) was an Australian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.

The other positions he held include being chief commissioner of the City of Melbourne and chairman of the National Australia Day Council.

He was a director of a number of Australian companies, including Crown Resorts, Visy and Lion Nathan.

[citation needed] In May 2000, Gosper was criticised after his daughter Sophie was made the first Australian torchbearer in a late change over the previously selected Greek-Australian Yianna Souleles.

[2][10] He received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 for services to athletics and the Olympic movement,[11] and was similarly honoured by France, the Netherlands, Spain, Monaco and Senegal and Solomon Islands.