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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Malawi born swimmer Bronte Campbell is one of five siblings and took up competitive swimming when she moved to Australia in 2001. Bronte Campbell and older sister Cate were the first Australian ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Northern NSW high school student Jeff Dunne from Casuarina on the Tweed Coast cemented his place as one of the youngest athletes that qualified for Paris when he won gold at the Oceania Breaking ...

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 ...

Without much doubt, Raelene Boyle was the fastest drug-free female sprinter of her time. The pity is that she doesn’t have the right gold medal to prove it. During a 14-year career which established ...