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Australia has competed in alpine skiing at every Olympics since 1952. Australia's first female skier, Christine Davy, competed in 1956. [8] Malcolm Milne was considered a possible medalist at the 1972 Olympics, having finished on the podium at the world championships, but a knee injury and a near fall snuffed out his chances. [21]
Below is a list of current Australian records in athletics as ratified by the national governing body, Athletics Australia.There are two types of Australian records. An Australian record is the best time recorded anywhere in the world by an athlete or team holding Australian citizenship whilst an Australian All Comers record is the best time recorded in Australia by an athlete or team.
The Olympic Winter Institute of Australia was established by the Australian Olympic Committee in June 1998 in an effort to improve the performances of its Australian Winter Olympic Teams, [81] and Alisa Camplin won Australia's first Alpine Olympic gold medal in the Freestyle Skiing Women's Aerials at the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002.
Snow in Australia is very rare at sea level, but is common on the highlands of the southeast, in the states of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and in the Australian Capital Territory. Snow is rare even in the southernmost capitals like Melbourne and Hobart , falling less than once every decade, and in the other capitals it is unknown.
Time Rank Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Steven Clifford: Downhill — 2:02.90 44 Giant slalom — 1:44.75 44 1:49.50 36 3:34.25 36 Slalom: Disqualified Did not finish Malcolm Milne: Downhill — 1:55.48 23 Giant slalom — 1:37.94 31 1:44.26 28 3:22.20 29 Slalom: Disqualified 1:03.73 33 1:01.99 26 2:05.72 24
For 2021 Alpine signed two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso to replace an outgoing Daniel Ricciardo. [37] This would mark Alonso's third spell driving for Team Enstone having driven for them from 2003 to 2006 and again from 2008 to 2009 and won two drivers championships with the team in 2005 and 2006 when the team used the Renault name.
Australia competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, ... Alpine skiing 1] Men. Athlete Event ... Time Rank Colin Coates: 500 m: 41.77 25 1000 m:
Australia delegation consisted of eight competitors in three sports. Australia competed in alpine skiing, figure skating and speed skating. Australia best result from the 1960 Games was a seventh-place finish from Colin Hickey in the men's 500 metres and men's 1500 metres speed skating.