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Steven Bradbury
(Brisbane,
Queensland,
Australia)
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2002 Winter Olympics – GOLD
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Speed skater Steven Bradbury created history in Salt Lake City when he became the first Australian to win a Winter Olympic Gold Medal.
His remarkable and unlikely victory was achieved after a spectacular final-la
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Natalie Cook
(Brisbane,
Queensland,
Australia)
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No Limits
Olympic Gold medallist, Natalie Cook, captivates the hearts and minds of her audience with her power, skill and determination. Taking up beach volleyball in 1994, she won a silver medal at the World Championships in Brazil and made history with the first ever Olympic Bronze medal for the sport in At
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Lisa Curry Kenny
(Brisbane,
Queensland,
Australia)
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She was one of the fastest 12 year old swimmers in the world with a personal best of 28.3 seconds for 50m freestyle and just three years later she won her first international medals - two gold and two silver at the Canada Cup in Alberta.
Swimming Coach Harry Gallagher told Lisa to get her t
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Gerrard Gosens
(Brisbane,
Queensland,
Australia)
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Success is a journey, not a destination
Gerrard Gosens is recognised as one of the most outstanding people in Australia today.
Congenitally blind, Gerrard became Australia’s youngest Guide Dog recipient at age sixteen. Using a lap top computer with speech output to assist his studies, Gerrard achieved an exceptional High
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Billy Graham
(New Zealand)
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Billy Graham is New Zealand’s best-loved motivator and fitness fanatic. He is bold, bouncy and brimming over with energy and enthusiasm.
He has spent a lifetime involved in sport and physical fitness. A former New Zealand and Australasian light welterweight boxing champion he has achie
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Homer Papantonio
(Gold Coast,
Queensland,
Australia)
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Since hoaxing over five hundred bearded Zoo Directors at an International Zoological Conference in 1989...to recently appearing at Microsoft’s Company Kick Off in place of Bill Gates. Homer has successfully created hundreds of unique comic characters each tailor made for his audiences.
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Kieren Perkins
(Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia)
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Kieren Perkins is a hero of the Australian sporting arena. From Captain of Swimming at Brisbane Boys’ College in 1990, to dual Olympic gold medallist just six years later, Kieren has added an impressively long list of awards and achievements to his name.
Kieren has held 18 Australian rec
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Kerri Pottharst
(Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia)
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Kerri Pottharst is undoubtedly one of Australia’s most popular female sporting personalities.
She is also Australia’s most decorated Indoor and Beach Volleyball player, having represented her country for an incredible 20 years
Pottharst provided one of the Sydney Olympics’ m
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