Seventeen-year-old Rhiannan Iffland dived with her sporting hero, Matthew Mitcham, at the launch of the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) in Sydney today.
Iffland is one of eight divers selected to wear the green and gold at the AYOF in January and aims to follow in Mitcham’s footsteps.
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.
