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, ...

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 ...

When Michael Diamond won the Olympic men’s trap gold medal in Atlanta in 1996, he became the first Australian to win a shooting event at the Games since Donald Mackintosh potted more live pigeons than ...

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 ...

After being encouraged to get involved in Little Athletics by his dad, Rhydian started race walking when he was eight. He was very successful as s junior representing Australia on three occasions. He ...

Born to Olympian and multiple world champion paddle parents, it was expected that Jessica Fox would know her way around the water, but no one could have predicted she would become the world’s greatest ...

The illustrious Olympic career of Drew Ginn, winner of three Olympic gold medals and a silver, was ignited when a slot in the Oarsome Foursome coxless fours crew became available before the 1996 ...

The sixth fastest hurdler in history, Sally Pearson (then McLellan) burst onto the scene in 2003 as a 16-year-old awinning the World Youth 100m hurdles title. She made her Australian senior team debut ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...