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Coates pays tribute to Olympic great Gillian Rolton
27 November 2017Gillian Rolton was an Olympic great – winning two Olympic Gold medals as a member of our 3-day equestrian event team in Barcelona 1992 with Matt Ryan, Andrew Hoy and David Green and again in Atlanta in 1996 with Andrew, Philip Dutton and Wendy Schaeffer, with her much loved Peppermint Grove.
Remembering Australian Olympians enlisted in World War I
25 April 2017AOC: On the centenary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli, the Australian Olympic Committee has compiled the following list of Olympians who enlisted in WW I to recognise their service to the country
Australia says thank you to Anna Meares
17 October 2016Find out what Australians had to say after Anna Meares announced her retirement.
AOC Vice-President Peter Montgomery retires
6 September 2016AOC Vice-President Peter Montgomery has announced his retirement from the AOC.
Five new sports added for Tokyo 2020
4 August 2016IOC: The International Olympic Committee has voted to add five new sports to the Olympic programme for the 2020 Games in Tokyo.
AOC Statement on Telstra decision
30 July 2016The Australian Olympic Committee is disappointed at the decision by the Federal Court in the ruling against Telstra.
The IOC takes decisive action to protect the clean athletes
18 May 2016The IOC takes decisive action to protect the clean athletes - doped athletes from Beijing, London and Sochi all targeted.
Coates impressed with positive progress for Rio 2016
7 May 2016John Coates has told the AOC Annual General Meeting in Sydney that he is impressed with the progress in Rio
Coates introduces tighter controls to prevent child abuse
7 May 2016Olympic sports will need to comply with tough new rules surrounding child abuse before their athletes can join an Australian Olympic Team.
Justice finally prevails for Jared Tallent
24 March 2016Jared Tallent looks set to finally be awarded the 50km walk gold medal from the London Olympic Games, with CAS disqualifying the result of Russian Sergey Kirdyapkin.