Bree Walker

Fast Facts

Sport: Bobsleigh
Events: Women’s monobob and two-woman bobsleigh
Olympic History: Beijing 2022
Highlights: First monobob World Cup gold medal in Lake Placid 2024
Coaches: Pierre Lueders and Olaf Hampel
Year Born: 1992
State Born: Victoria

About Bree

Bree Walker arrived at Beijing 2022 having taken the monobob circuit by storm, with eight World Series podiums in the two seasons prior. With a gold, three silvers and a bronze out of just seven monobob events contested in the lead-up, she entered her first Olympic Winter Games ranked fifth in the world.

In Beijing, Bree delivered a pulsating final day of monobob action to climb into fifth place overall, just 0.43 of a second behind Canada's Christine de Bruin who won the bronze medal.

In the two-woman bobsleigh Bree and Kiara Reddingius combined to finish 16th, less than half a second outside the top 10. They were only marginally short of Australia's best ever result in the discipline (14th) at the Olympics, set by Astrid Loch-Wilkinson and Kylie Reed at Torino 2006.

Bree and Kiara were a relatively inexperienced combination, as their Beijing 2022 performance was only their fourth race together. From one of those previous races they earned Australia’s best ever result in the two-woman bobsleigh, finishing seventh. It was one of two top-10 finishes in the event they had during the 2021-22 season.

Bree grew up always harbouring Olympic ambitions but they were for another sport entirely. She took to the dry, flat land rather than a downhill ice track as she was inspired by Cathy Freeman’s Sydney 2000 gold in the 400m.

She won several state and national medals in the 400m hurdles, which helped earn her an athletics scholarship to the University of Arkansas. But injuries started to take their toll.

"When I returned from those injuries, I had to ask myself the big question — 'Was I going to represent Australia as a 400m hurdler?'" Bree said.

"And the honest answer was, no."

So she started investigating winter sports and in 2016 made her Bobsleigh debut in Whistler, Canada.

So she started investigating winter sports and in 2016 made her Bobsleigh debut in Whistler, Canada.

Since her Olympic debut, Bree has cemented herself among the world’s best in monobob. Under the guidance of Canadian coach Pierre Lueders - Nagano 1998 Olympic champion - she has claimed three World Cup victories, including her maiden win at Lake Placid in 2024 and back-to-back triumphs in Lillehammer in early 2025. She is also coached by Olaf Hampel, two-time Olympic gold medallist (Lillehammer 1994 and Nagano 1998), who serves as her push coach and plays a key role in developing her explosive starts.

She has finished runner-up in the overall World Cup standings for two consecutive seasons and now heads into Milano Cortina 2026 firmly in the Olympic medal mix.

“Last Olympic cycle, I was just prepared to make the Olympics,” Bree reflected. “This cycle, I’m prepared to compete at the Olympics.”