Australian Sporting Icons
This Australian swimmer won multiple Olympic gold medals and is nicknamed “The Thorpedo”.
Who is Ian Thorpe?
AFL stands for this.
What is Australian Football League?
This object is used by the batter to hit the ball in cricket.
What is a cricket bat?
Australia hosted the Olympic Games in this city in the year 2000.
What is Sydney?
This phrase is commonly used in Australia to describe fair and honest behaviour in sport.
What is fair play / sportsmanship?
This tennis player won the Australian Open in 2022, ending a long drought for Australian women’s singles champions.
Who is Ash Barty?
In rugby league, this is the number of points awarded for a try.
What is 4 points?
This famous cricket venue in Melbourne hosts the Boxing Day Test.
What is the MCG / Melbourne Cricket Ground?
This colour medal is awarded for first place at the Olympics.
What is gold?
This summer sport is often played at the beach using a bat, ball and rubbish bin or esky as wickets.
What is backyard cricket / beach cricket?
This Australian basketballer became one of the country’s most well-known NBA players and played for the Utah Jazz.
Who is Joe Ingles?
This annual rugby league series is played between New South Wales and Queensland.
What is State of Origin?
This traditional cricket series is played between Australia and England.
What is The Ashes?
This Australian city hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2018.
What is Gold Coast?
This public holiday often includes major sporting events such as cricket and the Australian Open.
What is Australia Day?
This Indigenous Australian athlete won Olympic gold in the 400 metres at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
Who is Cathy Freeman?
This AFL event is held at the end of the season to decide the premiership winner.
What is the AFL Grand Final?
In cricket, this term describes when a bowler dismisses a batter without them scoring any runs.
What is a duck?
This sport includes events such as freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.
What is swimming?
This horse race is known as “the race that stops the nation”.
What is the Melbourne Cup?
This Australian cricketer is widely regarded as one of the greatest spin bowlers in history.
Who is Shane Warne?
This NRL team is based in Melbourne and has been one of the most successful clubs of the modern era.
Who are the Melbourne Storm?
This Australian cricketer captained the national team and was known for his exceptional batting, especially in Test cricket.
Who is Steve Smith?
This Australian hurdler won gold in the 100m hurdles at the 2012 London Olympics.
Who is Sally Pearson?
This term refers to strong support for your team, community or country, especially during sporting events.
What is national pride / team loyalty?