Australia first competed in canoe/kayak in Melbourne in 1956 and Dennis Green and Wally Brown won a bronze medal in the now discontinued K2 10,000m event. Green ultimately competed in five Olympics ...

Matt Welsh had only been competing as a backstroker for a little over four years when he arrived at Sydney 2000. His first medal was a silver in the 100 metres backstroke, behind the brilliant Lenny ...

When Keefer Wilson was 11, his dad built him and sister Aaliyah a skate ramp in the backyard. And not just any old skate ramp – at 8.5 metres tall and 90 metres long, it’s one of the biggest in the ...

Malcolm Page, who narrowly missed competing at Sydney 2000, joined with Nathan Wilmot to win the gold medal in the men’s 470s at Beijing 2008. They were world champions in the class going into Athens ...

Erin Densham (along with Emma Moffatt) became the first Australian triathlete to compete at three Olympic Games as she took to the starting line at the Rio 2016 Looking to improve on her London 2012 ...

The race to the Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games is about to hit top gear with the 2026 Australian Athletics Championships beginning in Sydney tomorrow (Thursday 9 April), where Jessica Hull will ...

Lisa Ondieki remains the only Australian to win an Olympic medal in the marathon. The four-time Olympian won the silver medal at Seoul in 1988, confirming her status as one of the best distance ...

Madison Ashby started her career in rugby league at the age of seven and quickly proved she was one to watch. At 13, she was touted as a future national team member. Drifting between OzTag and Rugby ...

Kai Edwards grew up on the Gold Coast in Queensland. He attended Southport State High School and is now studying a Bachelor of Sport Development at Griffith University. Edwards' is a TSS Aquatics ...

Jenni Screen won a silver medal as a member of the Australian women’s basketball team in 2008. Beijing was the first Olympics for the tall, athletic guard, and followed her success with the national ...

In 2008, 16-year-old Rohan Chapman-Davies represented Australia in his first international meet at the North American Cup event in Canada, where he placed 42nd. In 2015, as a veteran on the Nor-Am Cup ...

Today, the AOC published its 2025 Annual Report and 2026 AGM Agenda. In addition, the AOC has awarded Life Membership to Kitty Chiller AM OLY recognising her contribution to the Olympic Movement and ...