Marissa Williamson Pohlman, a proud Ngarrindjeri woman, became the first indigenous Australian female boxer to fight at the Olympics. Marissa booked her ticket to the 2024 Olympics when she overcame a ...
Beijing won the bid for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games on 31 July 2015 and has become the first city in the world to host both a summer and winter Olympic Games. The 109 events in 15 disciplines (seven ...
Dual Olympic gold medallist Keegan Palmer moved from the USA to Australia’s Gold Coast at an early age and quickly fell in love with skateboarding. Keegan took to the sport naturally and was soon ...
Dawn Fraser is regarded as the finest female sprint swimmer of them all; winner of four gold and four silver Olympic medals, holder of 39 world records (27 of them individual) and first in her sport ...
Melbourne–born alpine skier Harry Laidlaw grew up on the slopes of Mount Hotham, began skiing as a toddler and, as a teenager, moved to Burke Mountain Academy in Vermont to pursue racing year–round.
Snowboard cross racer Josie Baff made her Olympic Winter Games debut at Beijing 2022 aged 19. Two years earlier, she was the Youth Olympic Champion and got a small taste of what to expect at the ...
Andrew Hoy was born and brought up in Culcairn, NSW. He started riding when he was six-years-old and from then on he has spent the last 5 decades around horses. In 1978 he moved to England for a ...
Moguls skier Cooper Woods rose to the occasion at his first Olympic Winter Games in Beijing with a sensational sixth. He achieved a World Cup podium in 2024 and two top-10 finishes at the 2025 World ...
The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay ...
After searching for his ideal running distance, at the relatively young age of 23, in April 2019 Jack Rayner hit the mark with a stunning marathon debut time of 2:11.06, launching him into Tokyo ...
Bree Walker fought back on the second run of the Women’s Monobob to keep herself in contention for a medal after day one of competition. The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and ...
Australia first qualified for ice hockey in the Winter Olympic Games at Squaw Valley in 1960. The team scored ten goals and finished ninth, conceding 87 goals in six games. The valiant 19-man ...