Team Australia - Profile

Highlights:

@ PYEONGCHANG 2018
Australia competed with a team of 49 athletes (27 men, 22 women) in 10 sports: Alpine skiing, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, luge, short track speed skating, skeleton, snowboarding, and speed skating.

They won three medals (two silvers, one bronze), all won by men. Freestyle skier Matt Graham won silver in men's moguls, Jarryd Hughes also won silver in men's snowboard cross, while Scotty James won a bronze medal in men's snowboard halfpipe.

PYEONGCHANG 2018 MEDALS
Freestyle Skiing: 1 (0-1-0)
Snowboarding: 2 (0-1-1)
Total: 3 (0-2-1)

PYEONGCHANG 2018 FLAGBEARERS
Opening Ceremony: Scotty James (SBD)
Closing Ceremony: Jarryd Hughes (SBD)

OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY
Australia, whose National Olympic Committee was formed and recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1895, has competed at every Olympic Games. In 1908 and 1912 it competed as Australasia in a combined team with New Zealand.

Australia has also competed at the Olympic Winter Games, first in 1936 and continuously since 1952 and has won 15 medals (five gold). Five Australians have won two Olympic medals: Dale Begg-Smith, Alisa Camplin, Lydia Lassila (all freestyle skiing), Torah Bright (snowboarding), and Steven Bradbury (short track speed skating). Those five also won each of Australia's five gold medals.

Australia won its first Winter Olympic medal at the Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Winter Games, a bronze in men's short track speed skating relay. Steven Bradbury, a member of that bronze-winning relay team, became the first Australian (and southern hemisphere athlete) to win gold at Salt Lake City 2002. Trailing the pack in the 1000m final, all four skaters in front of Bradbury crashed around the final corner, allowing the Australian to glide through to gold.

Its best Olympic Winter Games have come in 2010, 2014, and 2018, with three medals, while they won two gold in 2002 and 2010. Their best winter sports have been freestyle skiing, with eight medals including three gold, and snowboarding, with four medals and one gold.

Australia has been successful in many sports, but particularly so in swimming and athletics. The nation has won 510 Olympic medals (167 gold). Swimmers Ian Thorpe and Emma McKeon are the only Australians to have won five gold medals. McKeon leads Australia's Olympic medal list with 11, highlighted by her performance at Tokyo 2020, where she won seven medals. She is followed on that list by Thorpe and another swimmer, Leisel Jones, with nine each, followed by three female swimmers with eight Olympic medals: Dawn Fraser, Petria Thomas, and Susie O'Neill.

The NOC's most successful competitor in athletics is Shirley Strickland, who won a total of seven medals (three gold, one silver, three bronze) in sprint events and hurdles between 1948 and 1956.

OLYMPIC HOSTS
Melbourne, VIC - 1956 Olympic Games
Sydney, NSW - 2000 Olympic Games
Brisbane, QLD - 2032 Olympic Games (scheduled)

MILESTONES

First Competitors, Female: Nancy Burley (16 February 1952) - 1952 - Figure Skating (Singles) - 14th,
Gweneth Molony - 21st
First Competitor, Male: Ken Kennedy (11 February 1936) - 1936 - Speed Skating (500m) - 29th

Youngest Competitor, Female: Aileen Shaw (14y-276d) - 1960 - Figure Skating (Singles) - 25th
Youngest Competitor, Male: Scotty James (15y-225d) - 2010 - Snowboard (Halfpipe) - 21st

Oldest Competitor, Female: Jacqui Cooper (37y-044d) - 2010 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - 5th
Oldest Competitor, Male: Colin Coates (41y-323d) - 1988 - Speed Skating (10,000m) - 26th

First Medallist, Female: Zali Steggall (19 February 1998) - 1998 - Alpine Skiing (Slalom) - Bronze
First Medallist, Male: Team (26 February 1994) - 1994 - Short Track Speed Skating (5000m Relay) - Bronze

First Gold Medallist, Female: Alisa Camplin (18 February 2002) - 2002 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - Gold
First Gold Medallist, Male: Steven Bradbury (16 February 2002) - 2002 - Short Track Speed Skating (1000m) - Gold

Youngest Medallist, Female: Torah Bright (23y-052d) - 2010 - Snowboard (Halfpipe) - Gold
Youngest Medallist, Male: Steven Bradbury (20y-135d) - 1994 - Short Track Speed Skating (5000m Relay) - Bronze

Youngest Gold Medallist, Female: Torah Bright (23y-052d) - 2010 - Snowboard (Halfpipe) - Gold
Youngest Gold Medallist, Male: Dale Begg-Smith (21y-027d) - 2006 - Freestyle Skiing (Moguls) - Gold

Oldest Medallist, Female: Lydia Lassila (32y-027d) - 2014 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - Bronze
Oldest Medallist, Male: David Morris (29y-169d) - 2014 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - Silver

Oldest Gold Medallist, Female: Lydia Ierodiaconou-Lassila (28y-038d) - 2010 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - Gold
Oldest Gold Medallist, Male: Steven Bradbury (28y-124d) - 2002 - Short Track Speed Skating (1000m) - Gold

Most Medals, Female: Torah Bright (2 | 1-1-0) - Snowboarding
Most Medals, Female: Alisa Camplin (2 | 1-0-1) - Freestyle Skiing
Most Medals, Female: Lydia Ierodiaconou-Lassila (2 | 1-0-1) - Freestyle Skiing
Most Medals, Male: Dale Begg-Smith (2 | 1-1-0) - Freestyle Skiing
Most Medals, Male: Steven Bradbury (2 | 1-0-1) - Short Track Speed Skating

Most Gold Medals, Female: Torah Bright (1) - Snowboard
Most Gold Medals, Female: Alisa Camplin (1) - Freestyle Skiing
Most Gold Medals, Female: Lydia Lassila (1) - Freestyle Skiing
Most Gold Medals, Male: Dale Begg-Smith (1) - Freestyle Skiing
Most Gold Medals, Male: Steven Bradbury (1) - Short Track Speed Skating

Additional Information:

http://www.olympics.com.au

Anthem Title: Advance Australia Fair

Anthem Composer: Music: Peter Dodds McCormick, Lyrics: Peter Dodds McCormick

Anthem Inducted: 1984

Founding Date: 1895

IOC Recognition Date: 1895

Delegation President: John Coates

Delegation Secretary General: Matt Carroll

IOC Members: Former:
Dick Coombes (1905-1932)
James "Pa" Taylor (1924-1944)
Sir Harold Luxton (1933-1951)
Hugh Weir (1946-1975)
Lewis Luxton (1951-1974)
David McKenzie (1974-1981)
Kevan Gosper (1977-2013)
Phil Coles (1982-2012)
Susie O'Neill (2000-2005)
John Coates (2001-2017)
James Tomkins (2013-2021)
Phillip Walter Coles, AM (IOC member from 1982 to 2012; Honorary Member since 2012)
Richard Kevan Gosper, AO (IOC member from 1977 to 2013; Honorary Member since 2013)

IOC Executive Board: John Coates, AC (entry into IOC: 2001)

First OG/PG Appearance: 1936

Number OG/PG Appearances: 19

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