On a day of reasonably light winds in Enoshima, Japan early on a Monday morning back in October 1964, the Australian crew of the 'Barranjoey' thought their luck had run out. This is the story of ...

Sean Wroe made his Olympic debut in 2008 when he competed at the Beijing Games in the men’s 400m (21st) and the men’s 4x400m relay (sixth). Wroe competed at the 2003 AYOF where he won gold in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fleur Mellor only ran in one event at Melbourne 1956. In the 4 x 100 metres relay, she joined with Betty Cuthbert, Shirley Strickland and Norma Croker to claim the gold medal from Great Britain and ...

TeamAUS Olympic Schools is the home of the Olympics in your classroom, including Olympics Unleashed, Olympic Change-Maker and much more to entertain students... TeamAUS Olympic Schools offers teachers ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

When Holly Crawford dropped into the halfpipe in her final Winter Olympic Games at PyeongChang 2018, the 33-year-old became Australia’s sixth four-time Winter Olympian. Crawford was a regular on the ...