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These are the 45 athletes that will compete for Australia in PyeongChang

Laura Peel
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The Australian Olympic Team for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games has been unveiled with more than 40 of the nation’s finest athletes set to hit the ice and snow when the Games kick off on February 9.

The Australian Team will feature in alpine skiing, bobsleigh, cross country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, luge, short track speed skating, skeleton, snowboard and speed skating.

The athletes represent the best credentialed team sent to a Winter Olympics by Australia having claimed 54 individual World Cup medals to go with five World Championship podiums over the past 18 months between them.

Dual Olympic medallist Lydia Lassila will return for her fifth Winter Olympics appearance, Holly Crawford will attend her fourth Games while current World Champions Britt Cox and Scotty James, both just 23, will be back for their third Games.

Chef de Mission Ian Chesterman is excited to lead the Team that will take on the world’s best in a little over a fortnight’s time.

“PyeongChang is ready, our athletes are excited and the focus is on the final days of preparation before the Team starts to arrive in South Korea next week,” said Chesterman, who will lead the Australian Team at a Winter Games for the sixth time.

“The Team is a great cross-section of sports on the winter program which is important to the Australian Olympic Committee.

“Having taken a really young Team to Sochi there are a number of returning Olympians that will benefit from that experience while there are also a number of Olympic debutants that are the future of their sports, which is also great to see.”

The team features a total of 17 athletes who have claimed a medal since the start of the 2016/17 season and Chesterman believes the Team is in great shape 15 days out from the Opening Ceremony.

“This is the best performed Team that we’ve taken to an Olympic Games with a large number of athletes who have established that they are amongst the very best in their sports globally.”

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Champion and Sochi 2014 bronze medallist Lassila has been part of this rise and is just as excited to be lining up at her fifth Games as she was her first.

The 36-year-old mother of two has overcome so much adversity throughout her career but has continually bounced back to the top of the sport and now heads into PyeongChang having twice landed on the podium at last weekend’s Lake Placid World Cup events.

Fellow podium regulars Britt Cox and Scotty James both head to PyeongChang as World Champions and will no doubt be looking to help Australia continue its run of six straight Winter Games with an Olympic medal.

James, who competes in his boxing kangaroo gloves, is equally pumped to be part of the Australian Team that has so many world-class athletes.

“With respect to the two previous Teams that I have been selected on, I think that this Team promises so much not only in PyeongChang but into the future,” James said.

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The first Australian athletes to compete will be the moguls men and women who line up in the qualifications in the final hours before the Opening Ceremony kicks off on February 9.

The athletes selected to the Australian Team for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games follow.

There is the possibility that Australia will receive extra quota places in freestyle skiing (men’s moguls and men’s ski cross) and women’s cross country. If that is the case those athletes will be added to the team prior to the end of the week.

The selection of athletes to this Team is subject to appeal. It should be noted that any appeal is on the basis of the non-nomination of the appealing athlete and not an appeal against an individual who has been selected. The selection of some athletes is also pending medical clearance.

First Name Last Name Age Sport Discipline Event
Dominic Demschar 24 Alpine Skiing Giant slalom, Slalom
Greta Small 22 Alpine Skiing Super-G, Super combined, Downhill, Giant slalom, Slalom
David Mari 22 Bobsleigh 2man & 4man
Lucas Mata 29 Bobsleigh 2man & 4man
Lachlan Reidy 30 Bobsleigh 4man
Hayden Smith 25 Bobsleigh 4man
Barbara Jezersek 31 Cross Country Skiing 15km skiathlon, sprint, 10km free, team sprint, 30km mass start
Jessica Yeaton 26 Cross Country Skiing 15km skiathlon, sprint, 10km free, team sprint, 30km mass start
Phillip Bellingham 26 Cross Country Skiing 30km skiathlon, sprint, 15km free, team sprint, 50km mass start
Callum Watson 28 Cross Country Skiing 30km skiathlon, sprint, 15km free, team sprint, 50km mass start
Brendan Kerry 23 Figure Skating Mens
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya 18 Figure Skating Pair
Harley Windsor 21 Figure Skating Pair
Kailani Craine 19 Figure Skating Womens
Lydia Lassila 36 Freestyle Skiing Aerials Skiing
David Morris 33 Freestyle Skiing Aerials Skiing
Laura Peel 28 Freestyle Skiing Aerials Skiing
Danielle Scott 27 Freestyle Skiing Aerials Skiing
Samantha Wells 28 Freestyle Skiing Aerials Skiing
Jakara Anthony 19 Freestyle Skiing Mogul Skiing
Britt Cox 23 Freestyle Skiing Mogul Skiing
Matthew Graham 23 Freestyle Skiing Mogul Skiing
Claudia Gueli 20 Freestyle Skiing Mogul Skiing
Madii Himbury 24 Freestyle Skiing Mogul Skiing
Brodie Summers 24 Freestyle Skiing Mogul Skiing
Sami Kennedy-Sim 29 Freestyle Skiing Ski Cross
Russell Henshaw* 27 Freestyle Skiing Slopestyle
Alexander Ferlazzo 22 Luge Luge
Deanna Lockett 22 Short Track Skating 1000m, 1500m
Andy Jung 20 Short Track Skating 500m, 1500m
John Farrow 35 Skeleton Mens
Jackie Narracott 27 Skeleton Womens
Emily Arthur 18 Snowboard Halfpipe
Holly Crawford 33 Snowboard Halfpipe
Scotty James 23 Snowboard Halfpipe
Nate Johnstone 27 Snowboard Halfpipe
Kent Callister 22 Snowboard Halfpipe
Tess Coady 17 Snowboard Slopestyle/BigAir
Jessica Rich* 27 Snowboard Slopestyle
Cameron Bolton 27 Snowboard Snowboard Cross
Belle Brockhoff* 25 Snowboard Snowboard Cross
Jarryd Hughes 22 Snowboard Snowboard Cross
Adam Lambert 20 Snowboard Snowboard Cross
Alex Pullin 30 Snowboard Snowboard Cross
Daniel Greig 26 Speed Skating 500m, 1000m

 

*Subject to medical clearance.

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