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Jimmy Carrutherus became the first Australian to win a boxing world championship.
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In 1952 Marjorie Jackson attended the Helinski Olympics to race in the 100 yards and 220 yard sprints. She was the first Australian woman to win gold in track and field events and the first Australian to win a gold medal in athletics at the Olympics since 1896.
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Peter Thomson becoming the first Australian to break the four - minute mile in 3:58:00 in Turku, Finland, Also breaking the 1500 metre world record in the same race with 3:41:80.
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Herb Elliott winning the gold medal in the Men’s 1500-metre at the 1960 Rome Olympics in a world record time lowering his previous world record.
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St George Dragons winning their 11th successive New South Wales Rugby League premiership by defeating Balmain Tigers 23-4 in the final.
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Lionel Rose defeating Japan's Fighting Harada in Tokyo to win the world bantamweight title. He made history by becoming the first indigenous Australian to be a world champion boxer.
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Carlton Football Club staged one of the greatest comebacks in Victorian Football League (VFL) history by defeating Collingwood in the Grand Final. During the game, Alex Jesaulenko took what is arguably the greatest mark in Grand Final history.
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Margaret Court becoming the first woman during the open era (and the second woman in history) to win the singles Grand Slam (all four major tournaments in the same calendar year).
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The Centenary Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground had many memorable moments including David Hookes scoring blitz against the bowling of Tony Greig. The result was the exact result of the first test played between Australia and England - Australia winning by 45 runs.
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Jon Sieben, largely unknown in Australia, powering past the guns to win gold in the 200m butterfly at the 1984 Olympics
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Pat Cash coming from two sets to love down to beat Mikael Pernfors and clinch the Davis Cup in 1986
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Bruised and bloody, and behind on all three scorecards, Jeff Harding dug very deep to knock Dennis Andries out on the final round to win the world light heavyweight title in 1989.
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Andrew Lloyd was a total outsider before catching Kenyan superstar John Ngugi in the final stride of the 5000m at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games.
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Leg spin bowler Shane Warne bowling England's Mike Gatting with his first ball in the 1st Ashes Test at Old Trafford Cricket Ground with what has been described as the "Ball of the Century" or the "Gatting Ball'.
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Wheelchair racer Louise Sauvage winning four gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics
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Cathy Freeman becoming Australia's first indigenous individual gold medalist by winning the Women’s 400-metre at the Sydney Olympics.
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Short Track Speed Skating At the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, Steven Bradbury becoming Australia's first Winter Olympics gold medallist by winning the Men’s 1000-metre. Bradbury became an unlikely hero after his three favoured opponents fell at the last turn. The term "Doing a Bradbury" subsequently entered the Australian lexicon.
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Kerryn McCann winning the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games Women's Marathon.
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Jacqueline Freeney winning eight gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics to beat Siobhan Paton's Australian record of six gold medals at a single Games. .
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Adam Scott becoming the first Australian to win the US Masters, one of the four major golf tournaments.
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Socceroos defeating South Korea 2-1 to win the Asian Cup for the first time.
