1. Senior G
Our topics of interest on the Olympics

2.  It was first hosted in Athens, Greece
 Only men could compete
 Men Competed Nude
 People honoured it Greatly
 It was held in the middle of the 5th century
 The training was very hard
 At the event you could be robbed if you
weren’t careful

3. Facts
 There is one male and one female competition
 In the men's team they have players under 23
years but they can have 3 players over
 In the female team they may be any age
 The number of male competitors is 288 and 216
females
 There has to be 16 males per team and 12
females per team
 The field length is100-110 metres and the width
64-75metres
 Women's competition started in 1996
 Men have played since 1900

4.  Nationality-Australian
 Date of birth 19th September 1986
 Height- 166 centimetres
 Weight- 60 kilograms
 Personal best in 100 metre hurdles
-12.28 seconds
 In primary school her athletic talents were noticed
 In 2012 she won gold in the 100 metre hurdles winning
against an American by 2 hundredths of a second

5. Lauren Mitchell was born on the
23rd July 1991,in Western Australia.
She started her career in 2007.
Her first year as a senior gymnast.
She was the 2nd Australian Woman gymnast to win
medals at the World Championship.
The first Australian Woman to win gold at the World
Championship.
She inspires me to never give up and to perform and
try the best that I can.

6.  Nickname: Sprenger
 DOB:19/12/1985
 Age:26
 Born: Brisbane, QLD
 Home: Brisbane, QLD
 Event:100m Breastroke
 Gender: Male
 FACTS:
• Christian Sprenger swam under the elusive one-minute barrier in
winning the 100m breaststroke title at the 2012 Australian
Championships. His time of 59.91 was his fastest in a textile suit
and it also marked the first time he had beaten domestic rival
Brenton Rickard to the national crown in eight years.
• Sprenger made his Olympic debut at Beijing 2008, swimming in
the preliminaries of the 100m and 200m breaststroke.

7.  Cathy Freeman was born Cathy Astrid Salome
Freeman
 Born 16 of February Queensland
 She is an indigenous Australian
 Cathy won a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics
in the 200metres
 Her personal best is
 100 metres 11.24
 200 mertres 22.25
 She inspires me with her
amazing running and her
ability to win gold

8.  Lauren Jackson plays in the Australian women's
basketball team, The Opals.
 Lauren Jackson was born on the 11th of May 1981
her nationality is Australian.
 Her height is 6ft 5 (1.94m) and
 she has been a professional for 11 years.
 Her basketball positions -forward/centre.
 Her nickname is Loz or LJ
 She was born in NSW.

9.  Diving has been an Olympic sport since the 1904 St
Louis games. It is to be on the 29th July- 11th
August. America is toped ranked followed by China
and then Sweden. The venue is the Aquatics Centre.
 The diving events are
• Men's 10m platform
• Men's 3m platform
• Men's 10m springboard
• Men's 3m springboard
• Men's synchronised 10m platform
• Men's synchronized 10m springboard
• Men's synchronized 3m platform
• Men's synchronized 3m spring board
• Plunge for distance
• Plain high diving
 Woman have the same events.

10.  Sydney 2000 is the only games when Australia qualified as host nation
 Two teams seven players on court
 One keeper per side
 Players pass, throw ,catch, dribble and shoot
 Using small ball
 Trying to score in soccer goals
 Squad of 14
 Most goals wins
 Two thirty minute halves
 Dotted line near goal- goal keeper not allowed out
players not allowed in
 Dotted line players jump from then do a layup and shoot
 Penalties occur when defenders are inside the keepers circle-when defender
makes hard contact
 Yellow and red cards for bad behaviour

11. Nationality: Australian
Weight : 60 ks
Height: 1.66 m
Born: 19th of September 1986 age 25 in Sydney
Personal best 100 metre sprint is 11:14 seconds in
100 metre hurdles 12:28 seconds and in 400
metre hurdles 1:02.98
She won gold in the London 2012 Olympic games
for 100 metre hurdles
She also won silver at the Beijing 2008 Olympic
games for 100 metre hurdles

12. • His career is basketball
• Kobe Bryant number 24, plays for
the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA
• He is 33 years old
• He was born on August 23 1978
• He was born in Philadelphia
• Average points for 2011 2012 is
31.1
• He has 2 gold medals
• His most points in a game is 81
• He Started playing basketball at
the age of 3

13. • Lizzy plays basketball in the
Olympics
• She is number 14
• Her specialty is slam dunks
• She is 20 years old
• She was born on the 18th of August
1991
• Cambage was born in London to a
Nigerian father and an Australian
mother

14.  Usain Bolt is the fastest 100
metre sprinter in the world
 In the 200 metre sprint a man
tried to throw a glass bottle at
Bolt so that he would lose the
race
 His main events are 100m and
200m sprints
 He is the worlds fastest man
 He won gold in the 200m and
100m this Olympics

15.  Cathy Astrid Salome Freeman
 Born Queensland Australia 1973 February 16th
 Aboriginal Australian
 She won gold for Australia, at the Olympics
in 2000 September 25th
 Looked after husband with cancer
for many years but then got a divorce
Personal Best
Event --- Time
100m 11.24
200m 2225
300m 36.42

16.  To do ROWING you need to have very big
muscles because you have to row for 2
kilometres
 You do it on a river, which can be
manmade or natural
 You can have 8, 4, 2 or
single rowers in a boat
 INTERESTING FACTS!
 M Drysdale came first and
got GOLD in 6:57:82 mins
 He is from New Zealand!

17. Archery is the art of propelling
arrowsfrom a bow.
In the older days of history, archery used to
be used in hunting or combat.
Archery is from the Latin word, arcus.
Now archery is a sport and used for
recreational activity.
A person who participates in archery is
called either an archer or a bowman.
An expert is called a toxophilite. Archery
was highly developed in Asia.

18. Tom won gold this year. At the last Olympics, in Beijing,
he came 22nd. His coach was Michael Blackburn who was
a bronze medallist legend.
This year, when he won gold, it was Australia’s 2nd gold
and 1st individual activity medal. To get the gold, he
competed in the ‘Men’s Laser Class Sailing’.

19.  Sport - Gymnastics
 Lauren is aged 21
 Nickname- Loz
 Date of birth 23/7/1991
 Born in Perth WA
 Lives in Perth WA
 Events
1. Team
2. Competition
3. Women

20. Did you know?
 Emily Seebohm is an Australian swimmer
 She is 20 years old
 At the olympics Emily Seebohm was in tears even though she came
second
 At the age of 14, Seebohm won the 100 m backstroke at the 2007
Australian Championships
 At the World Championships in Melbourne, Seebohm won a gold medal
in the 4x100 m medley relay
 In London 2012 she won 2 silver and 1 gold medal

21. • The best swimmer in the world is Michael Phelps
• The world record for swimming 50 and 100 metreswithin 1:00 is
Cesar Cielo
• Cesar Cielo swam 50 metres in 20.91 seconds
• Cesar Cielo swam 100 metres in 46.91 seconds
• The Olympics Record for swimming
50 metres is 21.91 seconds (Cesar Cielo)
• The Olympics Record for swimming
100 metres is 47.05 seconds

22.  Full Name- Catherine Astrid
Salome
 Born- 16 February 1973
 Born in- Slade Point, Mackay,
Queensland
 Specialised in- 400 metres
sprit
 Personal Best-
 100 metres- 11.24
 200 metres- 22.25
 300 metres- 36.42
 400 metres- 48.63

23.  Who is Sally Pearson?
 Sally Pearson is an Australian athlete
 She competes in the 100 metre hurdles
 In the 2012 Olympics (this year) she got into the hurdles
final and won a gold medal for Australia
 Facts about Sally Pearson:
• Sally Pearson’s time for the 100 metre hurdles this year
in the Olympics was an Olympic record (OR 12:35 seconds)
• Her birth date is the 19th of September 1986

24.  D.O.B 11/04/91
 Born in Port Macquarie, NSW
 Height 195cm
 Weight 90kg
 21 years of age
 Stroke: Freestyle
 Nickname: The missile
 Wins In career, 3 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
 4th Fastest 100m Freestyle time in history,
clocking 47. 10 seconds

25. • Plays for the Australian hockey team-
the Kookaburras
• He is the highest goal scorer ever for Australia
• Jamie is Captain of the kookaburras
• D.O.B 12/3/1979
• His nickname is Foetus
• He has played 254 matches
• His Kookaburras number is 1
• He plays the mid striker role
• He has scored 160 goals
• His debut game was 2001