Kerri Pottharst and Natalie Cook won the bronze medal, behind two Brazilian combinations, at the inaugural appearance of beach volleyball at Atlanta 1996. In Atlanta, both the Brazilian teams had won ...

Michael Wenden did not have a stylish stroke at the time of his golden streak in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. He sums it up these days as “hell for leather, getting to the other end… as fast and ...

The most extraordinary Olympic swim meet of all time ended on the most brilliant of notes as Emma McKeon soared into the stratosphere in Tokyo today, in the process propelling Australia to its best ...

Grae Morris describes his sport as something like a cross-country race on water, with a little bit of rugby thrown in. Known as the IQFOiL, also described as a form of windsurfing using a board with a ...

Shortly after Mia learned how to walk, she was put on a pair of skis. Her first ski trip was when she was just 3 years old and she fell in love with the feeling of freedom that the sport gave her. Now ...

Competing at his first Olympic Games in London, Poort posted a time of 15:20.82 to finish seventh in his heat and miss the final of the 1500m freestyle. In Rio, the Wollongong based swimmer made the ...

As Kai Taylor prepared for the final of the 200m freestyle at the 2023 Australian swimming trials, his mum gave him a few words of advice: “Great things happen from lane eight.” She would know. Kai’s ...

Dean Hewitt grew up in Melbourne in a family where curling was part of everyday life. He first stepped onto the ice as a child, encouraged by his Canadian‑born mother, Lynn, and his father, Steve, who ...

When Kieren Perkins won the 1500 metres freestyle gold medal at the Atlanta Games in 1996, he became the only Australian since Dawn Fraser to defend an individual Olympic championship successfully. He ...

Dinko “Dean” Lukin, a tuna fisherman from Port Lincoln, South Australia, became the only weightlifting gold medallist in Australian Olympic history when he won the super-heavyweight division at the ...

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 ...

Promising youngster Sam Fricker boasts an impressive resume. The Newcastle-born diver, eco-business founder and aspiring commerce student shows no signs of slowing down in any of his duties. Fricker’s ...