AUS Youth Olympic Champions | Australian Olympic Committee

Australia has been represented at five Youth Olympic Games - three Summer Youth Olympics and two Winter Youth Olympics. A total of 56 athletes across the three summer editions (Singapore 2010, Nanjing 2014 and Buenos Aires 2018) have won gold medals, and the nation's first Winter Youth Olympic gold medal was won by Josie Baff at Lausanne 2020.

Australia's Winter Youth Olympic history also includes two bronze medals at Innsbruck 2012, then four silver (including one team silver) and one bronze medal from Lillehammer 2016, plus a silver and two bronze in the mixed NOC 3x3 Ice Hockey at Lausanne 2020.

Lausanne 2020

Australia was represented by 32 athletes at the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Switzerland across seven sporting disciplines.

Snowboard Cross

Josie Baff >>> Baff wins Australia's first Winter Youth Olympic Games medal

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Buenos Aires 2018

The third summer Youth Olympic Games took place in 2018 at Buenos Aires, Argentina. Australia was represented by 88 athletes competing across 32 sports.

Four athletes returned as Youth Olympic Champions. They are:

Golf

Grace Kim, Karl Vilips >>> Double golf for Australian Youth Olympic golfers

Athletics

Keely Small – 800m >>> Gold and silver for Australia at Youth Olympics track and field

Swimming

Kaylee McKeown – 50m backstroke >>> Kaylee McKeown sprints to backstroke title on golden day for Aussies

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Nanjing 2014

At the second summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014 in Nanjing China, Australia was represented by 89 athletes competing across 23 sports.

Twenty-four athletes returned as Youth Olympic Champions. They are:

Athletics

Jessica Thornton, Women's 400m A Final (52.51) - Day 7, 23 August 2014

Trae Williams, 8x100m Mixed International Relay - Day 10, 26 August 2014

Hockey 5s

Tim Howard, Corey Weyer, Max Hendry, Alec Rasmussen, Matthew Bird, Nathanael Stewart, Mackenzie Warne, Jonathan Bretheraton, Max Hughes, Men's Hockey5s - Day 11, 27 August 2014. Athlete profiles >>>>

Rugby Sevens

Brooke Anderson, Marioulla Belessis, Shenae Ciesiolka, Dominique Du Toit, Kellie-Marie Gibson, Raecene Mcgregor, Caitlin Moran, Tiana Penitani, Amber Pilley, Mackenzie Sadler, Tayla Stanford, Laura Waldie - Day 4, 20 August 2014: Australia wins historic rugby sevens gold >>>

Triathlon

Brittany Dutton, Women's Triathlon (59:56) - Day 1, 17 August, 2014: The race of her life >>>

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Singapore 2010

The first Youth Olympic Games (YOG) was held in Singapore in 2010 as an initiative of the IOC with many facets of the YOG similar to what the AOC has incorporated their past five Australian Youth Olympic Festivals (AYOF).

In Singapore, Australia was represented by the maximum 100 athletes. The Australian Youth Olympic Team was very successful with 28 competitors returning as inaugural Youth Olympic Champions.

Athletics
Nicholas Hough - 110m Hurdles

Boxing
Damien Hooper - Middleweight

Canoe/Kayak
Jessica Fox - K1 Slalom

Hockey (Men)
Daniel Beale, Robert Bell, Andrew Butturini, Ryan Edge, Jake Farrell, Casey Hammond, Jeremy Hayward, Daniel Mathiesen, Rory Middleton, Luke Noblett, Flynn Ogilvie, Jayshaan Randhawa, Byron Walton, Jordan Willott, Oscar Wookey, Dylan
Wotherspoon

Swimming
Nicholas Schafer - 100m Breaststroke; Emily Selig - 200m Breaststroke; Madi Wilson, Emily Selig, Zoe Johnson, Emma McKeon - 4x100m Medley Relay; Max Ackermann, Justin James, Nicholas Schafer, Kenneth To - 4x100m Medley Relay