Oylmpic Flag Bearers for Austalia at an opening cerermony

By DaniSin
  • Mervyn Wood (Rowing)

     Mervyn Wood (Rowing)
    Wood to represented Australia in the single scull at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He represented Australia carrying in the Oympic flag at the opening ceremony in his home country
  • Jock Sturrock (Sailing)

    Jock Sturrock (Sailing)
    Jock Sturrock represented Australia in four Olympic Games, 1948 London (Star class), 1952 Helsinki (Dragon class), 1956 Melbourne (Bronze Medal, 5.5 Metre Class), and 1960 Rome (5.5 Metre class). He was the Australian flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the Rome Olympic Games.
  • Ivan Lund (Fencing)

     Ivan Lund (Fencing)
    Ivan Lund carried the Oylmpic flag representing Australia in the 1964 Toyoko Olympics
  • Bill Roycroft (Equestrian)

    Bill Roycroft (Equestrian)
    Bill Roycroft represented Australia as the Olympic flag bearer in Mexico City at the 1968 Olympics
  • Dennis Green (Kayaking)

    Dennis Green (Kayaking)
    Green represented Australia carrying the opening ceremony flag at the 1972 Munich Olympics
  • Raelene Boyle

    Raelene Boyle
    Raelene Boyle was the first ever female flag bearer for Australia at an Olympic games. At the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Boyle finished fourth in the final of the 100 metre sprint, but was disqualified from the 200 metre-race for making two false starts.
  • Denise Robertson Boyle & Max Matzker

    Denise Robertson Boyle & Max Matzker
    Denise Robertson & Max Matzker jointly carried the Olympic flag for Australia at the Moscow, Soviet Union games
  • Wayne Roycroft (Equestrian)

    Wayne Roycroft (Equestrian)
    Wayne Roycroft represented Australia in the Los Angles 1984 Olympics carrying the Australia flag at the opening ceremony
  • Ric Charlesworth (Feild Hockey)

    Ric Charlesworth (Feild Hockey)
    The 1988 Seoul Olympics was represented at the opening ceremony by Ric Charlesworth
  • Jenny Donnet (Diving)

    Jenny Donnet (Diving)
    She was the first diver to represent Australia at four Olympic Games, between 1980 and 1992.[2] She was the Australian flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
  • Andrew Hoy (Euestrian)

    Andrew Hoy (Euestrian)
    Andrew Hoy represented Australia at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic opening ceremony
  • Andrew Gaze (Basketball)

    Andrew Gaze (Basketball)
    Andrew Gaze was selected as flag-bearer for the Australian team at the opening ceremony at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He is the scoring record holder in Olympic competition, and second-highest scorer of all-time in World Championship play.
  • Colin Beashel (Sailing)

    Colin Beashel (Sailing)
    Colin Beashel competed at six Olympics between 1984 and 2004, winning bronze in 1996. He represented Australia as the flag bearer at the Athens opening ceremony
  • James Tomkins (Rowing)

    James Tomkins (Rowing)
    James Tomkins achieved the 2008 title of becoming the flag bearer at the Beijing Olympics
  • Lauren Jackson (Basketball)

    Lauren Jackson (Basketball)
    Lauren Jackson became the first female to represent Australia carrying the Olymmpic flag for the first in 10 years