In the leadup to the Rio 2016 Olympics, Morgan Mitchell ran the fastest 400m time by an Australian in 12 years, but in a brave decision, within two years she walked away from the event setting her ...

Susan O’Neill ended her lustrous swimming career with eight Olympic medals - an Australian women’s record, shared with Dawn Fraser and Petria Thomas. (Ian Thorpe, with nine, is the only Australian ...

Three-time Olympian Brianna Throssell burst onto the swimming scene at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, where she won seven bronze medals. Her impressive haul included individual bronze in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ipswich-born Ash Barty is one of Australia’s greatest ever tennis players, having achieved a world number one ranking, three Grand Slam singles titles and a year-end championship title by the age of ...

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 ...

For most athletes, becoming the youngest in history to win a Championship Tour event and claiming two world titles would be enough. But surfer Tyler Wright is equally proud of her achievements out of ...

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 ...

Tim Amitrano made his Olympic debut in equestrian showjumping at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. At the age of 25, the Athens Olympics were also the first time that Amitrano has been selected for an ...

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 ...