Courtney Schonell was a three-day old baby when she attended her first Olympic hockey match, but the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) scholarship athlete almost didn’t get past the turnstiles when a vigilant security guard mistook the future Hockeyroo for... a bottle of alcohol.
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.
