Mary Hanna made history at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, becoming the oldest athlete on the Australian Olympic Team and oldest competing Olympic Equestrian. She surpassed the record of Bill Roycroft, ...

Faith Leech, from Bendigo, Victoria was just 15 years old when she finished third in the 100m freestyle at Melbourne 1956 behind Dawn Fraser and Lorraine Crapp. In the 4 x 100m freestyle relay she ...

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 ...

Of all Australia’s victories in the Olympic Games, undoubtedly the most bizarre was that of Steven Bradbury in the 1000m short-track speed skating final at the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Games.

Born in Algeria, Youcef Abdi moved to Australia after visiting Sydney for the 1996 World Junior Championships. He competed for his first Australian team in 2006, winning bronze in the 1500m at the ...

With a strong skiing and gymnastics background, aerials proved the perfect fit for triple Olympian Laura Peel. The Canberran was identified by Jacqui Cooper as a potential star of the sport in 2007 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Leilani grew up as the only girl in a family of six on the west coast of the United States, in the Washington state city of Richland, not far from the Oregon border. Basketball ruled her early ...

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 Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been delayed, but the Olympic values of teamwork, resilience, overcoming challenges and respect have never been more important. Australian athletes are still striving ...