Adam Lambert

Fast Facts

Sport: Snowboard
Event: Men's Snowboard Cross, Mixed Team Snowboard Cross
Olympic History: PyeongChang 2018, Beijing 2022
Highlights: Dual Olympian, 6th at 2017 World Championships
Coaches: Harald Benselin and Jan Klemsa
Year Born: 1997
State Born: NSW

About Adam

Jindabyne local Adam Lambert grew up in the Snowy Mountains, where he first stood on a snowboard as a toddler thanks to custom bindings his parents made. He came through the Perisher Winter Sports Club pathway program and is coached by Harald Benselin and Jan Klemsa.  

Lambert initially focused on slopestyle but switched to snowboard cross in 2015 after a knee injury. He quickly made an impression, placing 15th at the 2015 Junior World Championships before dominating the 2016 Europa Cup circuit, winning three of five events and becoming the first Australian to claim the men’s overall Europa Cup snowboard cross title. 

He made his World Cup debut in February 2017 in Feldberg, Germany, finishing 52nd on day one and seventh on day two, then stepped up again with sixth at La Molina, Spain. A month later he was sixth at his first World Championships in Sierra Nevada, confirming his rise on the world stage. In December that year he reached his first World Cup podium with silver at Val Thorens, France. 

Lambert’s Olympic debut came at PyeongChang 2018, where he was caught up in a crash and finished 29th. He returned to the World Cup podium in 2019 with silver at Baqueira Beret and recorded 11th at the 2019 World Championships in the United States. A season‑ending knee injury early in 2019–20 stalled his momentum, but he fought back to rank 15th overall on the World Cup tour in 2020–21. 

At Beijing 2022 Lambert showed his development by posting the sixth‑fastest seeding time in the men’s event before a tight photo finish ended his run in the round of 16. He also teamed with fellow Jindabyne rider Josie Baff for the Olympic debut of mixed team snowboard cross, exiting in the quarter‑finals. 

Lambert’s most consistent international campaign arrived in 2024-25. In March he won back‑to‑back World Cup silver medals, first at Gudauri, Georgia, then at Montafon, Austria, lifting his career tally of individual World Cup podiums to five. He and Baff also secured mixed team silver in Montafon. Lambert finished the season a career‑best sixth on the overall World Cup standings, underlining his position among the world’s lead pack.  

At the 2025 FIS World Championships in St Moritz‑Engadin, Lambert and Baff formed Australia 1 in the mixed team event and placed sixth. Snow Australia later confirmed Lambert’s year‑end ranking inside the world’s top ten heading into the final double header in Canada, capping a season of progress and consistency.  

A New South Wales Institute of Sport athlete and member of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia program since 2017, Lambert continues to base himself out of Jindabyne and the national program, channelling his early love of riding into a dependable race craft. With proven speed, World Cup podium pedigree and strong team performances alongside Australia’s leading riders, he remains a key figure for Australia in snowboard cross.