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The Australian Athletics Championships have been conducted since 1890. [1] The most successful athlete at the Championships has been thrower Warwick Selvey who won 19 championships events. [2] Below is a list of Australian champions in athletics by event. [1] [3] Through 1965, the distances run were in Imperial units (yards).
Dates International Event City Sports Countries Competitors Attendance 1938 5–12 February British Empire Games: Sydney 8 15 464 1956 22 November – 8 December Summer Olympic Games [6] Melbourne: 17 72 3,314 1,341,483 1962 22 November – 1 December British Empire and Commonwealth Games [7] Perth, Western Australia: 9 35 863 224,987 1962 10 ...
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 Australian soccer champions are the winners of the highest league in Australian men's soccer, which since 2005–06 is currently the A-League Men. The National Soccer League was established in 1977. At the end of the 1977 season, Sydney City (now Hakoah Sydney City East) were the first club to be crowned champions.
He also holds the record for the most number of singles titles won – between 1962 and 1976 he won 200 titles. The 1969 Australian Open was the first held under the name Australian Open. In 1967, Australia hosted the second Netball World Championships in Perth. [53]
These totals do not include 11 medals recognised by the Australian Olympic Committee: 10 medals (3 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze) won by Australians competing for the combined Australasia team in 1908 and 1912 (8 by individuals, 1 by an exclusively Australian team and 1 by a combined team) and 1 bronze medal won in tennis by Edwin Flack in 1896 ...
[10] The first Australian woman to win an Olympic medal was Shirley Strickland, at the 1948 London Games, with a bronze medal in the 100 metres sprint while Australia's first female gold medalist in athletics was Marjorie Jackson who won the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint races in 1952. [10]
Most consecutive league matches scored in: 10, Jamie Maclaren (10 matches, for Melbourne City, 2022 to 2023) [4] Most league goals in a season: 31, Damian Mori (1995–96 NSL) Most goals in a game: 6, joint record: Pat Brodnik (for Wollongong Wolves vs. West Adelaide, 18 March 1990) Ivan Kelic (for Melbourne Knights vs. Wollongong Macedonia, 24 ...