The Australian Olympic Change-Maker program recognises secondary students from around the country who demonstrate the Olympic spirit – friendship, sportsmanship and striving for excellence - both on ...

Susan O’Neill ended her lustrous swimming career with eight Olympic medals - an Australian women’s record, shared with Dawn Fraser and Petria Thomas. (Ian Thorpe, with nine, is the only Australian ...

Murray Rose, like Betty Cuthbert, emerged from the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne as a national hero. Born in Birmingham, England, and brought to Australia as an infant after the outbreak of World ...

Basketballer Michael Ah Matt and boxers Adrian Blair and Francis Roberts became the first Indigenous Australians to call themselves Olympians when they competed at the Tokyo 1964 Games. In 1992 at ...

A strong runner during her school days, a family friend convinced Ashleigh Gentle to try triathlon. After having a go at the swimming and cycling legs, she was hooked. Ashleigh had a brilliant junior ...

For most athletes, becoming the youngest in history to win a Championship Tour event and claiming two world titles would be enough. But surfer Tyler Wright is equally proud of her achievements out of ...

Colin Beashel competed in the Star class sailing at every Olympic regatta from Los Angeles 1984 through to Athens 2004. His best result was a bronze medal, behind Brazil and Sweden, at Atlanta 1996.

You can help Australian athletes chase their Olympic dream with fully tax deductible donations. The Aspiring Australian Olympian Funding initiative has been developed to provide a new avenue of ...

Dual Olympian Erin Phillips began her professional career at WNBL club Adelaide Lightning in 2002 and after playing for junior national teams she got made her senior Australian debut. Soon after she ...

Rachael Gunn 'Raygun' got people all over the world talking like few can. Her performances in the face-to-face solo breaking battles at the Paris Olympics, while not enough to claim a win among 16 of ...

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 ...

The NSW South Coast's Jessica Hull has developed from a promising teenager into a world class middle-distance runner. After starting her athletics journey in cross-country running at school, Jessica ...