Gail Miller won a gold medal for Australia in women’s water polo at Sydney 2000. From Queensland, the right-handed driver excelled in defence during the tournament, being tied for second on the team ...

Born in South Sudan, Duop Reath moved to Brisbane at age 9 with his family before eventually settling in the suburbs of Perth. After a late start in basketball, Duop’s height and athleticism quickly ...

Matthew (Matt) Shirvington is a Sydney 2000 Olympian and still, two decades later, the second-fastest Australian sprinter of all time. His prowess in sprinting was evident early on, when, at the age ...

The team of Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer and Linda MacKenzie won Australia’s first gold medal in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay. Australia had qualified for the final with the sixth ...

In 2015, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) amended its Constitution with the endorsement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians, the Prime Minister of Australia, Leader of the ...

Heath Spence made his Olympic debut in Sochi as the pilot of the men's 2-Man and 4-Man Bobsleigh crews. Competing with brakeman Duncan Harvey in the 2-Man, he finished 26th. Spence and Harvey then ...

Cadel Evans is a four-time Olympian, former World Road Cycling Champion (2009) and memorably won the 2011 Tour de France. Evans started his career as a cross country cyclist, finishing ninth in the ...

Matthew Hauser, hailing from Hervey Bay, entered Paris 2024 as Australia's premier triathlete and top-10 ranked in the world. His journey to success has been nothing short of meteoric. 2017 was a ...

Nathan Deakes is a triple Olympian and made his Olympic debut at the Sydney 2000 Games. He had two creditable finishes in the walking events, eighth in the 20km walk and sixth in the 50km event. Two ...

Patrick Johnson is a dual Olympian who grew up in Far North Queensland, raised on a fishing trawler. He began his athletics career in 1996 at the Australian University Games in Canberra. Wearing ...

Born in Adelaide, Sophie Linn competed in cross country, swimming and track and field events during her school days. Winning multiple medals for her school at national level in 800m, 1500m and 3000m ...

Cedric Dubler was a kid who was always outside, whether it was riding up and down the street on his bike or flipping about on his skateboards and scooters. He was good at basketball, into volleyball ...