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 Gliding over the finish line at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games saw Steven Bradbury’s name etched into the history books. Skating in the 1000m final and in fifth place, the unthinkable happened. Race favourite Apolo Anton Ohno from the United States and the other 3 skaters ahead of Steven, fell in a tangle of skates and arms and legs on the ice. Leaving the path clear for Steven, he glided across the finish line in first place and became the first EVER Australian to win a Winter Olympic Gold Medal!!!
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 Olympic gold and silver medallist Brooke Hanson made her debut for the Australian Swimming Team in 1994.
Representing Australia over 20 times at major international championships, Brooke claimed several podium finishes along the way including the 2004 World Short Course Championships where she made history, winning a record six gold medals.
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 'Will I be able to ski?'
It was the only question nine-year-old Michael Milton cared about when the doctors told him he would lose his leg to bone cancer. Michael grew up in a skiing family and was on the snow from just three years of age. 'Skiing was my priority and when they showed me a video of a one-legged guy skiing, I knew what I wanted to do,' said Michael.
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 Andrew Lock is Australia’s most successful high altitude mountaineer. In April he plans to climb to the summit of Mt Shishapangma (8027m) and, when he does, he will be the first Australian to reach the world’s 14 highest peaks and only the 15th person ever.
The ‘8000ers’ all over 8000m high. They are the tallest, toughest, coldest, steepest and most dangerous peaks on earth. But Andrew won’t stop there. As soon as he reaches the top of Mt Shishapangma, while he is still acclimatised to the altitude, he will make his way to Everest Base Camp and attempt his third ascent of his favourite mountain, this time a traverse*, alone and without oxygen. It will be a world first.
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David is an informative and personable speaker who can both motivate and entertain. His experience is vast and he has a wonderful way with people, in particular children.
A professional speaker, David is always keen to work with the client to ensure that whatever message they would like to deliver to their audience is done in the best and most entertaining manner.
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 AFL coach, elite athlete, media personality, entrepreneur and successful businessman, Stan Alves is one of those rare individuals whose multifaceted ability, has taken him from the elite sporting arena, into that of business management and back to sport. Now, as a master communicator, Stan has the ability to create comparisons between sport and business and shares his coaching secrets to help you lead your team to success.
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 Peter FitzSimons is a well respected columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald, television presenter on Fox Sports, speaks four languages, has played rugby for Australia, co-hosted radio shows with Mike Carlton and Doug Mulray, interviewed famous people around the globe from George Bush to Diego Maradona and written eighteen best-selling books.
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 Glenn Manton is far from your average athlete. Having played senior AFL football for both Carlton and Essendon for 12 years, (a member of the AFL’S 200 Club/1995 Premiership player/Carlton life member), which saw him play in two Grand Finals and three night premierships, Glenn embarked on a new sporting quest involving both snow and speed in 2004. Whilst Glenn failed to qualify, as part of an Australian 4-man bobsleigh team, for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino Italy he had quite a journey trying to get there.
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 Renowned as Australia's friendliest comedian Martin Ralph continues his presence at the cutting edge of comedy talent. Martin is a fifteen-year veteran of the national stand-up circuit which includes concert tour supports for The Delltones, Air Supply, Richard Stubbs and 'The Supremes.
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 Eight years ago Tim McCallum was accepted into the prestigious Academy of Performing Arts in Western Australia. It was the culmination of a childhood dream.
WAAPA has famously provided the launching pad for well known performers including Hugh Jackman and Lisa McCune.
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