Australians first competed in figure skating at Oslo 1952. Adrian Swan competed in the men’s individual and placed 10th. Nancy Hallam and Gweneth Henke (Molony) both competed in the women's individual ...

Cathy Freeman’s role in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games embedded her name forever in Olympic history. She lit the cauldron in the Olympic Stadium - after the torch had been handled by six Australian ...

Without much doubt, Raelene Boyle was the fastest drug-free female sprinter of her time. The pity is that she doesn’t have the right gold medal to prove it. During a 14-year career which established ...

Born the child of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal parents, Patty Mills has utilised his on-court talents to grow his philanthropic work away from the hardwood, rising as a symbol of hope for ...

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 ...

Through both face-to-face and online delivery, Olympics Unleashed takes Olympians and aspiring athletes into Australian schools to inspire, motivate and encourage students to be their personal best ...

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 ...

Ipswich-born Ash Barty is one of Australia’s greatest ever tennis players, having achieved a world number one ranking, three Grand Slam singles titles and a year-end championship title by the age of ...

The AOC has condemned an anonymous online petition attacking Australian Olympic Team member, breaking competitor Rachael Gunn as vexatious, misleading and bullying. The Australian Olympic Committee ...

Distance freestyler Lani Pallister is the daughter of Janelle Pallister (Elford) – a Seoul 1988 Olympian and Auckland 1990 Commonwealth Games gold medallist – and champion surf lifesaver and ...

Queensland’s Camryn Newton-Smith (along with Tori West) are set to make history in Paris as Australia’s first Olympic heptathlon representatives in 16 years. Camryn, a leading junior athlete, competed ...

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 ...