- Harry Kewell
Harry Kewell (born September 22,1978 in Smithfield, Sydney), is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Liverpool F.C. in the English Premier League. An exceptional dribbler on the wing also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder and as a second striker, he is often regarded within the media as "Australia's finest football export", despite his career being blighted with injury. - Betty Cuthbert
Elizabeth ("Betty") Cuthbert (born April 20, 1938 in Merrylands, New South Wales) is an Australian athlete, and a four-fold Olympic champion. Betty Alyse Cuthbert sisters with Madeleine Carlisle (now married) began sprinting in high school. At age 18, with the 1956 Summer Olympics to be held in Melbourne, Cuthbert set a World Record in the 200 m, making her a big favourite for a gold in that event. - Steve Moneghetti
Stephen ("Steve") James Moneghetti (born September 26, 1962 in Ballarat, Victoria) is an Australian long-distance runner. He was not considered to be a good runner in primary school as he never managed to win a single medal. Indeed when he went to join the little athletics his father was told that they didn't want his son coming here because he was a poor runner. - Michael Diamond
Michael Diamond (born May 20, 1972 in Sydney) is a professional target shooter from Australia. Mastering the shotgun, Diamond succeeded in winning the Olympic gold medal for Trap both in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000). He also holds the world record in Trap. Diamond is of Greek heritage. <br clear=all> - Steven Bradbury
Steven Bradbury <small>OAM</small> (born October 14, 1973 in Camden, Sydney) is a former Australian short track speed skater. - Cathy Freeman
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman OAM (born February 16, 1973) is an Australian athlete who is particularly associated with the 400 m race. As an Aboriginal Australian, she is regarded as a role model for her people, and by many in the non-Aboriginal community as a symbol of national reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. She was born in Mackay, Queensland. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, … - Luke Roberts
Luke Roberts (born 25 January, 1977) is an Australian cyclist specialising in both track cycling and road bicycle racing. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, he resides both in Adelaide and in Cologne, Germany. Coming from a cycle racing family, he started competitive cycling at the age of 13, and turned professional in 2002. He was a member of the Comnet Senges team (2002-2004), and of Team CSC from 2005. - Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson (born 26 September 1972, Cairns, Queensland) is an Australian athlete, who was born on a speed boat enroute to Cairns Base Hospital, the son of an Indigenous Australian mother and an Irish father, who trains at the Australian Institute of Sport. He ran a speed of 9.88's over 100m in 2003 at the Telstra A Series in Perth finishing first, to become Australia's fastest person. - Stan Lazaridis
Stanley "Stan" Lazaridis (born August 16, 1972 in Perth, Australia), is an Australian football (soccer) player of Pontic-Greek descent.He plays as a left-sider though is equally at home on the wing in a deeper-lying midfield role or even at left-back. He currently plays for his home-town club, Perth Glory. His reputation as a young left-footed teenager began with Olympic Kingsway where, despite his age, he intimidated many a defender with his extraordinary change of pace. - Tatiana Grigorieva
Tatiana Grigorieva (Russian: Татьяна Григорьева; born October 8, 1975 in Leningrad, Russia) As a former national level 400m hurdler in Russia, the 172 cm tall Tatiana Grigorieva took up Pole Vaulting when she migrated to Australia in 1997. Within 12 months of picking up a pole, she had become one of the world's best, placing 3rd in the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York. In her first appearance at the World Championships in 1999, … - Debbie Flintoff-King
Debra Lee (Debbie) Flintoff-King (born April 20, 1960 in Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian hurdler, who won the second women's 400 m hurdles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She finished sixth in the inaugural event at the 1984 Summer Olympics hosted by Los Angeles. In 1986, she won both the 400m flat and 400m hurdles at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, then in 1987, she won both again at the Grand Prix championship in Europe. - Paul Burgess
Paul Burgess (born 14 August 1979 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian pole vaulter who become only the thirteenth pole vaulter in the world to reach 6 metres. Burgess was originally a gymnast, winning a silver medal at the Australian National Gymnastics Championships as a thirteen year old. Having grown too tall to continue with gymnastics, testing at the Western Australian Institute of Sport suggested that Burgess was suited to pole vault. - Andrew Gaze
Andrew Barry Casson Gaze (born July 24 1965 in Melbourne, Victoria) is Australia's best known basketball player, and undoubtedly one of its most successful. Son of Australian basketball stalwart Lindsay Gaze, Andrew began a stellar career in the NBL at age 18, being named Rookie of the year in 1984. His incredible shooting skills saw him the top scorer in the league for a total of 14 seasons. Gaze combined a great three-point shot with an equally good pass. - Andrew Bogut
Andrew Michael Bogut (born November 28, 1984) is an Australian professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. Bogut was selected first overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2005 NBA Draft. The 7'0", 245 lb (2.13 m, 111 kg) forward/center was a star at the University of Utah for two years before declaring for the draft. Bogut is the first Australian to be drafted first overall. - Marjorie Jackson
Her Excellency Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, AC, CVO, MBE (born September 13, 1931) is the Governor of South Australia and a former Australian athlete. She finished her sporting career with 2 Olympic and 7 Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, 10 world records and every Australian State and National title she contested from 1950-1954. Marjorie Jackson was born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, … - Herb Elliott
Herbert James ("Herb") Elliott AC MBE (born February 25, 1938) is a former Australian athlete, one of the world's greatest middle distance runners. He never lost a race over 1500 metres or the mile and during his career he broke the four-minute mile on 17 occasions. Elliott, a native of Perth, Western Australia, attended Aquinas College in Perth Aquinas College, Perth. - Dale Begg-Smith
Dale Begg-Smith (born January 18, 1985 in Vancouver, Canada) is an Australian freestyle skier. Begg-Smith won the gold medal for his adopted country Australia in the men's moguls event at the 2006 Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy. He is only the third Australian to win a gold medal in a Winter Games. In the lead-up to the 2006 Winter Games, Dale Begg-Smith had won three World Cup rounds and was ranked world number one in the moguls discipline. - Ron Clarke
Ronald ("Ron") William Clarke (born February 21, 1937 in Victoria) was an Australian athlete, and one of the best known middle and long distance runners in the 1960s. He attended Melbourne High School. He is best remembered for setting seventeen world records, but also for never winning a gold medal at the Olympic Games. He did win the bronze medal in the 10,000 m at the 1964 Summer Olympics, however. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, … - Shane Kelly
Shane Kelly OAM (born January 7, 1972 in Ararat, Victoria) is an Australian cyclist, who's specialty event is the men's 1000m time trial. In this event he is three times world champion (1995, 1996, 1997); and won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and came 4th at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Kelly is probably best known for a mishap at the 1996 Summer Olympics. - Matthew Nielsen
Matthew Nielsen is an Australian basketball player currently playing in the Lithuanian Basketball League for BC Lietuvos Rytas in Vilnius, Lithuania. Nielsen began his professional basketball career in the Australian National Basketball League in 1995 for the Sydney Kings, although he only played two games that year. Nielsen was still considered a rookie for the 1997 season and won the NBL's Rookie of the Year award. - Grant Balfour
Grant Balfour (born December 30, 1977 in Sydney) is a middle reliever for the Milwaukee Brewers. He has previously played for the Cincinnati Reds and the Minnesota Twins. Balfour is well known in some baseball circles for his seemingly ironic name (Ball-Four), considering he is a pitcher. In 2003 and 2004 his WHIP was 1.42. - Graeme Brown
Graeme Brown OAM (born April 9, 1979 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is a professional cyclist from Australia, who started cycling in 1995 at seventeen years of age. He is a member of Rabobank (cycling), which is a professional cycling team on the UCI ProTour, and also of the St George Cycling Club. He lives in Menai, an outer suburb of Sydney. His greatest success as a road cyclist has been in the Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia, … - Bradley McGee
Bradley ("Brad") McGee is a professional cyclist from Australia, who started cycling in 1986 at ten years of age. He is a member of Professional cycling Team, Française des Jeux, and also of the Parramatta Cycling Club. He lives in Sydney and in Nice, France. His greatest success as a road cyclist has been 1st in the 2003 Prologue of the Tour de France, and holding the race leaders yellow jersey (Maillot jaune) for three days in 2003. - Rechelle Hawkes
Rechelle Hawkes was the captain of the Australian Women’s Hockey Team, best known as the "Hockeyroos", for eight years and is one of only two Australian females to win three Olympic gold medals at three separate Olympic Games: Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1996 and Seoul 1988. Hawkes also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where Australia finished fifth. She made her debut in 1985, and reached a milestone in 1999, … - Paul Rogers
Paul Andrew Rogers (born September 29, 1973 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian basketballplayer currently playing in the National Basketball League. Rogers has had stints with both the Adelaide 36ers and the Perth Wildcats, the latter of the two being his current team. Rogers has also competed in Europe for Casademont Girona and Real Madrid in Spain. He played U.S. college basketball at Gonzaga University, … - Tanya Harding
Tanya Harding (born January 23, 1972) is a softball pitcher from Australia, who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 1995, Harding enrolled at UCLA for one trimester. She played on the squad that won the NCAA women's softball championships. She left the school after the tournament. She was named most valuable player for the championship tournament. - Tanya Harding
Tanya Harding (born January 23, 1972 in Brisbane) is an Australian softball player, who has competed for Australia at the three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She twice claimed a bronze medal (1996 and 2000), and once a silver medal (2004). - Ryan Bayley
Ryan Bayley OAM (born March 9, 1982 in Perth, Western Australia) is a professional cyclist, who started competitive cycling in 1997 at fifteen years of age. He is a member of the "Albany Cycling Club" and employed by the Australian Institute of Sport. He lives in Alexander Heights, a suburb of Perth. His greatest success as a track cyclist has been in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he won gold medals in the sprint and Keirin events. - Alyson Annan
Alyson Annan OAM (born June 21, 1973 in Wentworthville, New South Wales) is a former field hockey player from Australia, who earned a total number of 228 international caps for the Women's National Team, in which she scored 166 goals. Playing as an attacking midfielder, she was a key member of the squad that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and defended its title successfully four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, … - Loudy Tourky
Loudy Tourky is an Australian diver. She was born in Haifa, Israel and is of a Palestinian background. She was born to Butros and Afaf Tourky. They came to Australia when Loudy was three. Loudy has commented, "I will always have a bond with Palestine. My life is here but it’s in the back of my mind". Tourky said she thinks of herself as 100 per cent Australian, although her family stays close to relatives in the Middle East. "All of my immediate family is in Australia, … - Glynis Nunn
Glynis Nunn <small>OAM</small> (born December 4, 1960) is a former Australian heptathlete, the first Olympic champion in the event. Born Glynis Leanne Saunders in Toowoomba, Queensland, she began competing in athletics at age 9, when she was a student at Toowoomba South State School. She starred in several events, and was thus a natural competitor in the pentathlon (which was replaced by the heptathlon in 1981). - Trisha Fallon
Trisha ("Trish") Fallon (born 23 July, 1972 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian basketball player in the Australian Women's National Basketball League and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in the United States. She also participated in the Australian National Team during the three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Fallon was selected by the Minnesota Lynx in the second round (19th pick overall) of the 1999 WNBA Draft. - Jamie Dwyer
Jamie Dwyer OAM (born March 12, 1979 in Rockhampton, Queensland) is a field hockey striker from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the golden medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He scored the decisive golden goal in the final against title holders The Netherlands. Dwyer is nicknamed "Foetus", and was named the "2002 FIH Young Player of the Year", after a year in which he scored an impressive 24 goals from 34 matches. - Grant Schubert
Grant Schubert OAM (born August 1, 1980 in Loxton, South Australia) is a field hockey striker from Australia, who won the golden medal with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was named "World Hockey Young Player of the Year" by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in December 2003. Schubert was honoured as the most promising player at the 2003 Champions Trophy with nine goals in six matches. - Teddy Flack
Edwin Harold ("Teddy") Flack (November 5, 1873 - January 10, 1935) was an Australian athlete. He was the first Olympic champion in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres. Born in London, England, Teddy Flack was five years old when his family migrated to Australia, to live in Berwick, Victoria. Soon after leaving the Melbourne Church of England Grammar School in 1892, where he studied Greek history, Flack became the one mile champion of New South Wales and Victoria. - Jason Smith
Jason Matthew Smith (born October 20 1974, in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian basketball player currently playing in the NBL. He is a 194cm 94kg shooting guard / small forward known for his accurate three-point shooting and defense. Smith is the current captain for the Sydney Kings. - Mark Dalton
Mark Dalton is an Australian former basketball player who represented the Brisbane Bullets, Illawarra Hawks, and Sydney Kings in the National Basketball League. He is now a coach. Dalton represented Australia in both the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. He attended St. Augustine's College in Brookvale, New South Wales. - Derek Clayton
Derek Clayton (born November 17, 1942) was an Australian long-distance runner, born in Lancashire, England and raised in Northern Ireland. He set the world best for the marathon in the Fukuoka Marathon, Japan on December 3, 1967 in 2:09:36.4, in what is considered a classic race, the first marathon race ever run in less than two hours and ten minutes. He went on to break this time in Antwerp on the May 30, 1969 by more than a minute, … - Allana Slater
Allana Slater is one of Australia's most successful female gymnasts in history. She was born April 3, 1984 in Perth, Western Australia. She suffered from a condition known as sleep apnea in her early years and was hooked up to a machine that monitored her breathing and heart rate. - Mark Viduka
Mark Anthony Viduka (born October 9, 1975 in Melbourne) is an Australian striker of Croatian and Ukrainian descent, who has signed for Newcastle United in the English Premier League and also plays for the Australian national team. He is known for his strong physical presence and hold-up play. Viduka and his wife, Ivana, have two sons; Joseph, nicknamed 'Joey' (born 2002), and Lucas (born September 2006)
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