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Project Overview
The 100 athletes whose profiles are published here are among the finest ever to have represented Australia at the Olympic Games. I have selected them at the request of the Australian Olympic Committee, basing my judgment on a belief that they demonstrate best the achievements, the history and the diversity of Australian athletes who have been competing at the Olympics since the Modern Games began in Athens in 1896. [more]
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About the Author
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AOC Historian Harry Gordon was responsible for
compiling the list and writing the profiles for the '100 of Our Finest'. |
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Read about Harry here
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100 of Our Finest
Click on the athletes below to read their profile, view their Olympic results and view images.
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Athletics
Anthony Winter, Betty Cuthbert, Cathy Freeman, Debbie Flintoff-King, Edwin Flack, Glynis Nunn, Herb Elliott, Jared Tallent, John Winter, Marjorie Jackson Nelson, Maureen Caird, Peter Norman, Raelene Boyle, Ralph Doubell, Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Steven Hooker
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Swimming
Andrew 'Boy' Charlton, Beverley Whitfield, Bob Windle, Brad Cooper, Cecil Healy, Clare Dennis, David Theile, Dawn Fraser, Duncan Armstrong, Frank Beaurepaire, Freddie Lane, Grant Hackett, Ian O'Brien, Ian Thorpe, Jodie Henry, John Davies, John Devitt, John Konrads, Jon Henricks, Jon Sieben, Kevin Berry, Kieren Perkins, Leisel Jones, Lisbeth Trickett, Lorraine Crapp, Lynette McKenzie (McClements), Michael Wenden, Michelle Ford-Eriksson, Murray Rose, Petria Thomas, Sarah 'Fanny' Durack, Shane Gould, Stephanie Rice, Susie O'Neill
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