Indra Brown

Fast Facts

Sport: Freestyle Skiing
Event: Free Ski Half Pipe
Olympic History: Milano Cortina 2026
Highlights: Winning the Calgary World Cup halfpipe and making the podium in my first three World Cup starts.
Year Born: 2010

About Indra

Freeski halfpipe sensation Indra Brown will make her Olympic debut at Milano Cortina 2026. She goes into the Games ranked number one in the world and is 16 a week before the Opening Ceremony - making her the youngest member of the 2026 Australian Olympic Team.  

“It’s pretty special to be the youngest athlete for Australia at Milano Cortina.”   

Indra is already creating history as the youngest Australian to ever win a World Cup medal in any winter sport. She only started competing in World Cup events in December 2025, and from the four World Cups for the season ahead of the Games she has placed third, second, first and fourth. To be ranked number one on World Cup points. In her final competition hit-out, she won silver at the X Games behind British World Champion Zoe Atkin. 

Growing up in Melbourne, Indra has never been short of ambition. She first clicked into skis as a five-year-old and, after spending several years living in Canada as a child. She quickly fell in love with the winter lifestyle and the idea that progression is part of the daily routine. By the time she was 12, she’d been introduced to freeski halfpipe by a coach in Canada, a pivotal moment that set her on the path toward international competition. 

Indra’s connection to halfpipe is built on both thrill and resilience. She describes the biggest challenge in her sport as the mental battle: pushing past fear, trusting preparation, and committing to new skills when the consequences can feel very real. That mindset has become a defining part of her story, underpinned by a simple personal belief: “You can overcome anything you put your mind to.” 

While she calls Melbourne home, Indra’s training base has often been in the United States, including time at Copper Mountain in Colorado, where many of the world’s best halfpipe skiers sharpen their craft. Away from the snow, she’s happiest keeping things grounded, spending time with friends and family and balancing school commitments, including attending MLC Kew. 

Indra has also been open about the athletes who inspire her. She credits the challenge and adrenaline of halfpipe, along with the influence of elite women around her, as key reasons she stayed committed to the discipline as she developed. Among her sporting heroes is Eileen Gu, whose ability to perform across multiple freeski disciplines has set a benchmark for the next generation. 

The world properly met Indra during the 2025–26 FIS Freeski Halfpipe World Cup season, when she arrived on tour as a 15-year-old and immediately made history. On 13 December 2025, she claimed bronze in Secret Garden, China. This was her first-ever World Cup start becoming the youngest Australian to win a World Cup medal in a winter sport and delivering the best result ever by an Australian on World Cup debut. The performance was all the more impressive given the demanding conditions, and Indra said afterwards it was “an incredible feeling” to share the podium with athletes she’d looked up to for years. 

One week later, on 20 December 2025, she backed it up with silver at Copper Mountain in the United States, making it two podiums from her first two World Cup appearances. The result underlined that her Secret Garden breakthrough was no one-off, and that her ability to manage the pressure of high-level finals was already well beyond her years. 

Indra’s breakthrough became a full-blown statement on 3 January 2026 in Calgary, Canada, where she surged to her first World Cup victory. She won gold with a first-run score of 85.20, securing three consecutive podiums to start her World Cup career. The win made her the youngest Australian to claim a World Cup victory, it also took her to the top of the halfpipe World Cup standings at the midway point of the season and she became just the second freeski athlete in history to stand on the podium in their first three World Cup starts, equalling the mark set by Jennie-Lee Burmansson of Sweden in the 2017-18 season. Speaking through the excitement afterwards, Indra said she was “full of joy” to land her run and ski the way she wanted in challenging conditions. 

Notably, Calgary carried personal meaning too: Indra has described it as the place where she first tried halfpipe and a city that feels special because of friendships formed through the sport. She also credited coach Jaime Melton for keeping the focus on visualisation and execution rather than results, and highlighted self-belief as a key ingredient in her early success. 

In the final World Cup before the Olympics, Indra was fourth (85.00) at Buttermilk in Aspen, Colarado. China’s Fanghui Li, 22, took the win (93.00) with Indra just four points off a fourth consecutive podium.   

Indra’s rapid rise has placed her firmly in contention for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Her story is already one of the most exciting new chapters in Australian freeski halfpipe in recent memory.