Health, Happiness and High Performance were once again the key pillars of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia (OWIA) and Snow Australia H3 Summit that saw more than 130 athletes, coaches and support staff from across the winter sports community come together last week in Melbourne.
In addition to celebrating the stars of the 2023/24 snowsport season, five athletes were presented with their Snow Australia Medals at last Thursday’s Snow Australia Awards in Melbourne.
Jakara Anthony walked away from the 2024 Snow Australia Awards in Melbourne as one of the night’s big winners, however few accolades come bigger than the Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin Outstanding Achievement Award.
Our cross country skiers and ski mountaineers are some of the fittest athletes in snowsports and they need to be to take on the arduous events they do over a long season. The 2023/24 campaign saw new ground broken by a number of athletes as the countdown to Milano-Cortina 2026 crosses another year off the calendar.
Our Park & Pipe athletes once again delivered stellar performances across the 2023/24 season.
Across freeski and snowboard, our athletes stood on the podium throughout Europe, North America and Asia, winning a Crystal Globe, World Cup and X-Games gold and even a medal at the Youth Winter Olympic Games.
The 2023/24 season was littered with podium results for our Snowboard Cross and Alpine Snowboard athletes, in a range of competitions including World Cups, Europa Cups and Gangwon 2024, the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
The Snow Australia Awards recognise the achievements of our elite snowsport athletes over the past 12 months, and today we congratulate the Female Athletes of the Year for the Olympic disciplines, as nominated by their respective National Discipline Committees.
The freestyle skiing disciplines again brought huge success for Australia on the world stage, with no less than four Crystal Globes heading down under after a season for the ages.
The Snow Australia Awards recognise the achievements of our elite snowsport athletes over the past 12 months, and today we congratulate the Male Athletes of the Year for the Olympic disciplines, as nominated by their respective National Discipline Committees
As Director of Sport at Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School in Essendon, Vicki Hoban will once again be back at Victorian Interschools with the biggest team the school has entered in three decades of competing.
The Good Village and the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) continue to inspire primary students in 2024, with the extension of their free incursion program featuring two Snow Australia athletes.
Thirty-six participants aged 12-16 headed to Jindabyne over the weekend where they were given an insight into the work that goes into making an athlete and what they need to do to sustain their performance when they are not on snow. The camp was open to all disciplines which helped bring together a wide array of clubs and participants.