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Australian Olympic Committee

Index Australian Olympic Committee

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) is the National Olympic Committee responsible for developing, promoting and protecting the Olympic Movement in Australia. [1]

68 relations: Alana Boyd, Australasia, Australia, Australia at the Olympics, Australian Institute of Sport, Australian Olympic Foundation, Australian Sports Commission, Australian Youth Olympic Festival, Boxing kangaroo, Brisbane, Cate Campbell, Commonwealth Games Australia, David McKenzie (fencer), Edgar Tanner, Edwin Flack, Evelyn Halls, General (Australia), Government of Australia, Governor-General of Australia, Harold Alderson, Harold Luxton, Hugh Weir, Ian Chesterman, International Olympic Committee, James Taylor (sports administrator), James Tomkins (rower), Jamie Dwyer, Jessica Fox (canoeist), Jim Eve, John Coates (sports administrator), Julius Patching, Ken Wallace (canoeist), Kevan Gosper, Kim Brennan, Kitty Chiller, Leonard Cuff, Lewis Luxton, Lydia Lassila, Malcolm Turnbull, Mark Arbib, Matt Carroll (sports administrator), Melbourne, Michael Murphy (diver), National Olympic Committee, Nicole Livingstone, Olympic sports, Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, Perry Crosswhite, Peter Cosgrove, Phil Coles, ..., Prime Minister of Australia, Queensland, Ramone Cooper, Richard Coombes, Shelley Watts, Sport in Australia, Steve Hooker, Summer Olympic Games, Susie O'Neill, Sydney, Sydney Grange, Victoria (Australia), Winter Olympic Games, 1896 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics. Expand index (18 more) »

Alana Boyd

Alana Boyd (born 10 May 1984) is an Australian Olympic pole vaulter.

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Australasia

Australasia, a region of Oceania, comprises Australia, New Zealand, neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean and, sometimes, the island of New Guinea (which is usually considered to be part of Melanesia).

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australia at the Olympics

Australia has sent athletes to almost all editions of the modern Olympic Games.

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Australian Institute of Sport

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a sports training institution in Australia.

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Australian Olympic Foundation

The Australian Olympic Foundation is a foundation established to help future Australian athletes develop and compete at an Olympic level.

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Australian Sports Commission

The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is the Australian Government's statutory agency responsible for distributing funds and providing strategic guidance and leadership for sporting activity in Australia.

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Australian Youth Olympic Festival

The Australian Youth Olympics Festival (AYOF) is an international multi-sport event organised by the Australian Olympic Committee for athletes from 13 to 19 years of age.

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Boxing kangaroo

The boxing kangaroo is a national symbol of Australia, frequently seen in popular culture.

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Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia.

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Cate Campbell

Cate Natalie Campbell, OAM (born 20 May 1992) is an Australian competitive swimmer, and, who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics and a gold and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Commonwealth Games Australia

Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA), formerly Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA), is the Commonwealth Games Association for Australia.

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David McKenzie (fencer)

David McKenzie (15 July 1936 – 10 August 1981) was an Australian fencer.

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Edgar Tanner

Sir Edgar Stephen Tanner, CBE (10 August 1904 - 21 November 1979) was an Australian sports administrator and Victorian politician.

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Edwin Flack

Edwin Harold "Teddy" Flack (5 November 1873 – 10 January 1935) was an Australian athlete and tennis player.

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Evelyn Halls

Evelyn Halls (born 18 August 1972) is an Australian fencer.

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General (Australia)

General (abbreviated GEN) is the second-highest rank, and the highest active rank, of the Australian Army and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of general; it is also considered a four-star rank.

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Government of Australia

The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia (also referred to as the Australian Government, the Commonwealth Government, or the Federal Government) is the government of the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

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Governor-General of Australia

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative of the Australian monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II.

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Harold Alderson

Sir Harold George Alderson, MBE (18 August 1890 - 4 October 1978) is a former Australian sports administrator including President of the Australian Olympic Federation.

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Harold Luxton

Sir Harold Daniel Luxton (25 June 1888 – 24 October 1957) was an Australian politician.

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Hugh Weir

Hugh Richard Weir OBE CBE (21 July 1894 – 5 March 1975) was an Australian sports administrator and International Olympic Committee member.

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Ian Chesterman

Ian Chesterman (born 17 April 1959) is a member of the Australian Olympic Committee and an Australian Winter Olympic administrator.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité International Olympique, CIO) is a Swiss private non-governmental organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is the authority responsible for the modern Olympic Games.

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James Taylor (sports administrator)

James 'Pa' Taylor CBE (1 December 1871 – 27 June 1944) was an Australian sports administrator and International Olympic Committee member.

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James Tomkins (rower)

James Bruce Tomkins, OAM (born 19 August 1965) is an Australian rower, seven-time World Champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist.

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Jamie Dwyer

Jamie Dwyer (born 12 March 1979) is an Australian field hockey player.

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Jessica Fox (canoeist)

Jessica Esther "Jess" Fox (born 11 June 1994) is a French-born, Australian world champion slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008.

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Jim Eve

James Sydney Wallace Eve, MBE (23 October 1899 – 24 August 1978) was an Australian sports administrator and former Honorary Secretary-Treasurer of the Australian Olympic Federation.

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John Coates (sports administrator)

John Dowling Coates (born 7 May 1950) is an Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman.

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Julius Patching

Julius Lockington "Judy" Patching, AO, OBE (4 January 1917 – 13 February 2009) was an Australian Olympic icon, sports administrator, and businessman.

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Ken Wallace (canoeist)

Kenneth Maxwell "Ken" Wallace, (born 26 July 1983) is an Australian sprint canoeist who has competed since the mid-2000s, winning gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at several World Championships.

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Kevan Gosper

Richard Kevan Gosper, AO (born 19 December 1933) is an Australian former athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.

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Kim Brennan

Kimberley Jean "Kim" Brennan (née Crow; born 9 August 1985) is an Australian rower.

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Kitty Chiller

Kitty Chiller (born 2 October 1964) is a former modern pentathlete who represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

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Leonard Cuff

Leonard Albert Cuff (28 March 1866 – 9 October 1954) was a sportsman and sports administrator from New Zealand.

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Lewis Luxton

Lewis Luxton (12 September 1910 – 9 November 1985) was an Australian rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics and became a member of the International Olympic Committee.

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Lydia Lassila

Lydia Lassila (née Ierodiaconou) (born 17 January 1982) is an Australian Olympic freestyle skier gold medalist who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, and the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian politician serving as the 29th and current Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Liberal Party since 2015.

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Mark Arbib

Mark Victor Arbib (born 9 November 1971) is a former Australian politician and trade unionist, who was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate from 1 July 2008 to 5 March 2012, representing the state of New South Wales.

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Matt Carroll (sports administrator)

Lewis Matthew "Matt" Carroll AM is an Australia sports administrator.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Michael Murphy (diver)

Michael Andrew Murphy (born 29 November 1973 in Brisbane, Queensland) is a former Olympic diver for Australia.

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National Olympic Committee

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement.

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Nicole Livingstone

Nicole Dawn Livingstone, OAM (born 24 June 1971) is an Australian former competitive swimmer.

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Olympic sports

Olympic sports are sports that are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games.

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Olympic Winter Institute of Australia

The Olympic Winter Institute of Australia is an Olympic & federal government-funded elite sports training institution of Australia for the purpose of training athletes and coaches in sports involved in the Winter Olympics.

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Perry Crosswhite

Perry Rothrock Crosswhite AM (born 22 September 1947) is a former Australian Olympic basketballer and leading sport administrator.

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Peter Cosgrove

General Sir Peter John Cosgrove, (born 28 July 1947) is a retired senior Australian Army officer who is the 26th and current Governor-General of Australia, in office since 2014.

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Phil Coles

Phillip "Phil" Walter Coles, AM (born 20 July 1931) is an Australian sports administrator and former sprint canoer.

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Prime Minister of Australia

The Prime Minister of Australia (sometimes informally abbreviated to PM) is the head of government of Australia.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Ramone Cooper

Ramone Cooper (born 3 May 1988 in Waratah, New South Wales) is an Australian freestyle skier, specializing in moguls.

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Richard Coombes

Richard Coombes (18 March 1858 – 15 April 1935) was a journalist and father of amateur athletics in Australia.

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Shelley Watts

Shelley Watts (born 10 August 1987 in Port Macquarie) is an amateur boxer from Australia.

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Sport in Australia

Sport is an important part of Australian culture dating back to the early colonial period.

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Steve Hooker

Steven "Steve" Leslie Hooker OAM (born 16 July 1982 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian former pole vaulter and Olympic gold medalist.

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Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'été) or the Games of the Olympiad, first held in 1896, is an international multi-sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years.

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Susie O'Neill

Susan O'Neill, (born 2 August 1973) is an Australian former competitive swimmer from Brisbane, Queensland, nicknamed "Madame Butterfly".

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Sydney Grange

Sydney Broadway Grange AO OBE MVO (28 August 1912 – 28 October 1996) was an Australian sports administrator and former President of the Australian Olympic Federation.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international sporting event held once every four years for sports practised on snow and ice.

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1896 Summer Olympics

The 1896 Summer Olympics (Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1896), officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was the first international Olympic Games held in modern history.

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1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in November–December 1956, apart from the equestrian events, which were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden.

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1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992; Catalan: Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992.

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1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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2000 Summer Olympics

The 2000 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and commonly known as Sydney 2000 or the Millennium Olympic Games/Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event which was held between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Australian Olympic Federation.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Olympic_Committee

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