Erika Yamasaki's weightlifting career started rather innocuously as a teenager, where she was identified through a school based talent program as an athlete with encouraging potential. Yamasaki’s ...

Saya Sakakibara started BMX racing at just four-years-old after watching her older brother Kai compete in events. Born on the Gold Coast, Saya and her family lived in Japan for the first few years of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Australia’s swimmers topped the medal tally at the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, teenage sensation Mollie O’Callaghan was the star of the show. Over eight days of intense ...

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 ...

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 ...

Born in South Sudan, Duop Reath moved to Brisbane at age 9 with his family before eventually settling in the suburbs of Perth. After a late start in basketball, Duop’s height and athleticism quickly ...

Born the child of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal parents, Patty Mills has utilised his on-court talents to grow his philanthropic work away from the hardwood, rising as a symbol of hope for ...

In the ultra-competitive world of men’s middle-distance freestyle, Thomas Neill stands out as a swimmer to watch. The Damien Jones-coached Rackley swimmer stunningly came to the fore at the 2019 ...

Emma McKeon is, quite simply, the most successful Australian Olympian of all time. Before the Wollongong native's 28th birthday she'd won more Olympic medals than any Australian Olympian in history, a ...