The Australian Olympic Committee today published the list of nominees who will stand for election to the organisation’s Executive at its upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM).

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 ...

In his mid-teens, dual Olympic sailing gold medallist Matt Wearn faced a predicament. Drafted into the West Perth AFL Development Squad, he was on the classic pathway to playing top level Aussie Rules ...

Benn Harradine competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, placing 31st in the men’s discus throw. Harradine is an indigenous athlete from the Watjabaluk Mob of the Wimera in Victoria. Harradine won ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Donella Burridge represented Australia when Synchronised Swimming (now Artistic Swimming) debuted at the Los Angeles Games in 1984 and placed 12th in the solo event. At the Sydney 2000 Games, ...

Through both face-to-face and online delivery, Olympics Unleashed takes Olympians and aspiring athletes into Australian schools to inspire, motivate and encourage students to be their personal best ...

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 ...

Sunshine Coast swimmer Alexandria Perkins made her debut in the green and gold at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, where she reached the finals of both the 50m and 100m butterfly and took home ...

Kevin Nichols won gold alongside Michael Grenda, Michael Turtur and Dean Woods in the men’s 4000m team pursuit in 1984. It was a case of third time lucky for Nichols, the outstanding Sydneysider ...