Widely acknowledged as Australia’s greatest basketball player of all time, Lauren Jackson has been admitted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2021 class. She is the first Australian player to be bestowed the honour, joining coach Lindsay Gaze OAM as the only Australians to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.
We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians.
The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport.
