Edwin Flack was a trailblazer - the first Australian to compete at the Olympic Games, and first to win. When he left Melbourne in 1895 to study accountancy in London, he was the Australian mile ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 NSW South Coast's Jessica Hull has developed from a promising teenager into a world class middle-distance runner. After starting her athletics journey in cross-country running at school, Jessica ...

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 ...

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 ...

Growing up in Cape Town South Africa, a young Jean van der Westhuyzen watched his Australian sporting heroes, Ken Wallace and Murray Stewart on television. He moved to Australia to pursue his dreams ...

Ian Thorpe won five Olympic gold medals, the greatest total of any Australian. Thorpe first grabbed world attention when he won the 1998 world 400m freestyle title in Perth, becoming, at 15, the ...