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 ...

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 ...

Hailing from Gosford on the NSW Central Coast, Matt Graham grew up skiing with his family from a young age. At seven years-old Matt joined the Perisher Winter Sports Club program alongside his three ...

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 ...

Born in country Victoria, Lucy Stephan began rowing in high school before graduating in 2009. Less than two years later, Lucy made state selection for Victoria, rowing in the women's youth eight, ...

David McNeill started cross-country running at just 10-year-old, after realising his natural ability for the sport he decided to pursue it full-time. He made his international debut in 2004, running ...

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, ...

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.

At Athens 2004, three-time Olympian (Sydney, Athens, Beijing) Graeme Brown joined Russell Mockridge (Helsinki) and Ryan Bayley (Athens) as the only cyclists to win two cycling gold medals at one ...

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 ...

Kayaker Daniel Collins teamed with Andrew Trim to win two Olympic medals in the men’s K2 500m event, bronze in 1996 and silver in 2000. The pair had made their Olympic debut together in Barcelona, ...