If there ever was an equivalent of New York’s Rat Pack from the 1950s in the world of Australian snow sports, it would be a group of skiers who hailed from the sleepy towns of Cooma and Berridale in the NSW Snowy Mountains in the late 1900s.
Cross-country skier Ben Sim, mogul skier Ramone Cooper, biathlete Alexei Almoukov, freestyle skier Scott Kneller and snowboard siblings Torah and Ben Bright - had their sights on the Olympic Games and from an early age were the Monaro Rat Pack.
The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.
We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians.
The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport.
