One of the measures of Australia’s performance on the international stage is the number of world champions Australia has across a range of benchmark events.[1] Australia’s Winning Edge sets a target of more than 20 world champions annually.
Between July 2015 and June 2016, Australia had 15 able bodied athletes or teams and 24 Paralympic athletes or teams crowned as world champions.[2] A further five able bodied athletes and four Paralympic athletes who won world championships in 2014–15 continue to be the reigning world champions where their sports have not held benchmark events during the reporting period.
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Sport |
Athlete |
Event |
|---|---|---|
|
Canoe/kayak - slalom |
Jessica Fox |
World Championships - Women's C1 |
|
Canoe/kayak - slalom |
Womens Team (Jessica Fox, Alyson Borrows & Rosalyn Lawrence) |
World Championships - Women's C1 Team |
|
Canoe/kayak - sprint |
Lachlan Tame/Ken Wallace |
World Championships - K2 500 |
|
Canoe/kayak - sprint |
Ken Wallace |
World Championships - K1 5000 |
|
Cycling - BMX |
Caroline Buchanan |
World Championships - Time Trial |
|
Cycling - track |
Sam Welsford, Michael Hepburn, Miles Scotson and Callum Scotson |
World Championships – Men’s Team Pursuit |
|
Cycling - track |
Rebecca Wiasak |
World Championships - 3km Individual Pursuit |
|
Netball |
Diamonds |
World Cup - Women |
|
Rowing |
Kim Brennan (nee Crow) |
World Championships – Women’s Single Scull |
| Rugby 7s | Women (Pearls) |
World Rugby – Women's Sevens Series 2015-16 |
|
Sailing |
Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan |
World Championships – Men’s 470 |
|
Shooting |
Ben Emms |
World Championships - 2015 World Long Range Championships |
|
Swimming |
Mitchell Larkin |
|
|
Swimming |
Emily Seebohm |
|
|
Swimming |
Bronte Campbell |
|
|
Swimming |
Emily Seebohm, Emma McKeon, Bronte Campbell, Cate Campbell (Heats Madison Wilson, Melanie Wright, Bronte Barratt) |
World Championships - 4 x 100m Freestyle |
|
Sport |
Athlete |
Event |
|---|---|---|
|
Athletics - para |
Angie Ballard |
World Championships - 400m T53 Women |
|
Athletics - para |
Carlee Beattie |
World Championships - Long Jump T47 Women |
|
Athletics - para |
Isis Holt |
World Championships - 100m T35 Women |
|
Athletics - para |
Madison De Rozario |
World Championships - 800m T53 Women |
|
Athletics - para |
Scott Reardon |
World Championships - 100m T42 Men |
|
Athletics - para |
Todd Hodgetts |
World Championships - Shot Put F20 Men |
|
Canoe - para |
Curtis McGrath |
World Championships - Canoe single VL2 200m |
|
Canoe - para |
Susanne Seipel |
World Championships - Canoe single VL2 200m |
|
Cycling - para |
David Edwards/Kieran Modra |
World Championships - 4km Pursuit Men - Tandem B |
|
Cycling - para |
Michael Gallagher |
World Championships - 4km Pursuit Men - C5 |
|
Cycling - para |
Jessica Gallagher/Madison Janssen |
World Championships - Tandem Sprint |
|
Cycling - para |
Kyle Bridgewood |
World Championships - Men's C4-5 scratch race |
|
Cycling - para |
Carol Cooke |
World Championships - Women's 14km Time Trial (T2) |
|
Cycling - para |
Alistair Donohue |
World Championships - Men's Road Race (C5) |
|
Rowing - para |
Erik Horrie |
World Championships - Arms & Shoulders Single Scull |
|
Rowing - para |
Kathryn Ross & Gavin Bellis |
World Championships - Trunk & Arms Mixed Double Scull |
|
Swimming - para |
Maddison Elliott |
World Championships - Women's 50m Freestyle (S8) |
| Swimming - para | Ellie Cole | World Championships — Women’s 100m Freestyle (S9) World Championships — Women’s 100m Backstroke (S9) |
| Swimming - para | Tiffany Thomas Kane | World Championships — Women’s 100m Breaststroke (SB6) |
|
Swimming - para |
Brenden Hall | World Championships — Men’s 400m Freestyle (S9) World Championships — Men’s 100m Backstroke (S9) |
| Swimming - para | Ashleigh McConnell, Lakeisha Patterson, Maddison Elliott, Ellie Cole |
World Championships — Women’s 4x 100m Freestyle relay (34 points) |
| Tennis - wheelchair | Dylan Alcott | US Open — Men’s Quad Singles |
| Triathlon — para | Bill Chaffey | World Championships — PT1 M |
| Triathlon — para | Katie Kelly/Michellie Jones | World Championships — PT 5 W |