Bobsleigh Skeleton Australia is the governing body for the sports of bobsleigh and skeleton in Australia.
History Australians have been active in ice sliding sports since the early days. Australian student George Pringle Robertson came equal first in the first international toboggan race held in Davos, Switzerland in 1883. During the 1930s Australian Frederick McEvoy competed with the Great Britain team in bobsleigh to win several Olympic and World Championship medals.
This early success wavered after World War Two. When Australians started traveling to Europe in the early 1970s some thrill-seekers were exposed to the sports of bobsleigh and skeleton. Leading the way for the new wave of Australians becoming interested in the sport was Philip Morgan Giles. Morgan Giles piloted the first Australian team to compete at an FIBT world championship in 2-man bobsleigh with Ian Peacock in 1974.
The Australian Bobsleigh Federation was established in 1985. This allowed Australia to become a recognised member of the Federation de Internationale Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT). This paved the way forward for Australian teams to compete in FIBT races and compete at the Olympic Games.
Australia has sent 8 Skeleton athletes and 29 Bobsleigh athletes to 8 Winter Olympic Games.
Bobsleigh and Skeleton Australia was established in 2013 to govern the sports of bobsleigh and skeleton within Australia. It is the recognised governing body for bobsleigh and skeleton for Australia with the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation.
Olympic Performances +Olympic GamesCountryEventAthletePositionResult 1988 Winter Olympics Australia2-Man BobsleighAngus StuartPilot23Martin HarlandBrakeman2-Man BobsleighAdrian Di PiazzaPilot26Simon DoddBrakeman 1992 Winter Olympics Australia2-Man BobsleighPaul NarracottPilot30Glenn TurnerBrakeman 1994 Winter Olympics Australia2-Man BobsleighJustin McDonaldPilot28Glenn CarrollBrakeman4-Man BobsleighJustin McDonaldPilot20Glenn CarrollBrakemanScott WalkerBrakemanAdam BarclayBrakeman 1998 Winter Olympics Australia2-Man BobsleighJason GiobbiPilot27Adam BarclayBrakeman4-Man BobsleighJason GiobbiPilot23Scott WalkerBrakemanTed PolglazeBrakemanAdam BarclayBrakeman 2006 Winter Olympics Australia2-Man BobsleighJeremy RollestonPilot22Shane McKenzieBrakeman2-Woman BobsleighAstrid Loch-WilkinsonPilot14Kylie ReedBrakemanMen's SkeletonShaun BoylePilot22Women's SkeletonMichelle SteelePilot13 2010 Winter Olympics Australia2-Man BobsleighChris SpringPilot22Duncan HarveyBrakemanAnthony RyanBrakeman2-Man BobsleighJeremy RollestonPilotDNFDuncan PughBrakeman4-Man BobsleighJeremy RollestonPilotDNSDuncan PughBrakemanDuncan HarveyBrakemanAnthony RyanBrakeman2-Woman BobsleighAstrid Loch-WilkinsonPilot19Cecilia McintoshBrakemanMen's SkeletonAnthony DeanePilot23Women's SkeletonMelissa HoarPilot12Women's SkeletonEmma Lincoln-SmithPilot10 2014 Winter Olympics Australia2-Man BobsleighDuncan HarveyBrakeman26Heath SpencePilot4-Man BobsleighDuncan HarveyBrakeman20Lucas MataBrakemanGareth NicholsBrakemanHeath SpencePilot2-Woman BobsleighJana PittmanPilot29Astrid RadjenovicBrakemanMen's SkeletonJohn FarrowPilot17Women's SkeletonLucy ChafferPilot17Women's SkeletonMichelle SteelePilot14 2018 Winter Olympics Australia2-Man BobsleighLucas MataPilot22David MariBrakeman4-Man BobsleighLucas MataPilot25David MariBrakemanLachlan ReidyBrakemanHayden SmithBrakemanMen's SkeletonJohn FarrowPilot19Women's SkeletonJackie NarracottPilot16 2022 Winter Olympics AustraliaWomen's monobobBree WalkerPilot52-Woman BobsleighBree WalkerPilot16Kiara ReddingiusBrakemanMen's SkeletonNick TimmingsPilot25Women's SkeletonJaclyn NarracottPilot 2026 Winter Olympics AustraliaWomen's monobobBree WalkerPilot82-Woman BobsleighBree WalkerPilot10Kiara ReddingiusBrakeman2-Woman BobsleighSarah BlizzardPilot21Desi JohnsonBrakemanMen's SkeletonNick TimmingsPilot21
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