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 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 ...

On a day of reasonably light winds in Enoshima, Japan early on a Monday morning back in October 1964, the Australian crew of the 'Barranjoey' thought their luck had run out. This is the story of ...

Incessant rain and spots of hailstones throughout the 140km event made Chloe Hosking’s Olympic debut treacherous. Competing in the women’s road race at the 2012 London Olympic Games, Hosking finished ...

Eleanor Patterson’s start in athletics came when she was eight years old, after a sleepover at a friend’s place. She accompanied her friend to Little Athletics and fell in love with the sport.

Australia’s only gold medal at the 1908 Olympic Games in London came in the sport of rugby union. Rugby was played in the Olympics only four times - in 1900, 1908, 1920 and 1924. The Australian team, ...

John Winter became the first Western Australian to win an Olympic gold medal - and the only Olympic high jump champion Australia has ever had - at the London Games in 1948. Tall and rangy, Winter had ...

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 ...

Brendon finished his Olympics debut in Tokyo with what must have been mixed feelings. On one hand, he claimed the bronze in the 400m individual medley, Australia’s first medal in that gruelling event ...

South Australian basketballer Paul Rogers contested the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games. A professional basketballer since 1993, Rogers started his NBL career playing for the Adelaide 36ers ...

Fleur Mellor only ran in one event at Melbourne 1956. In the 4 x 100 metres relay, she joined with Betty Cuthbert, Shirley Strickland and Norma Croker to claim the gold medal from Great Britain and ...

At the Rio 2016 Olympics Kyle Chalmers wrote his name into Australian history by becoming the fourth Australian – after Jon Henricks (1956), John Devittt (1960) and Michael Wenden (1968) – to win the ...