One of the measures of Australia’s performance on the international stage is the number of world champions Australia has across a range of benchmark events[1] in any given year. Australia’s Winning Edge 2012-2022 provides a target of more than 20 world champions annually.
For 2014-15 Australia exceeded the Australia’s Winning Edge target with 27 able-bodied athletes or teams, and 26 Paralympic athletes or teams crowned as world champions in benchmark events conducted during the reporting period.[2]
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Sport |
Event |
Athlete/s |
|---|---|---|
|
Canoe |
World Championships - Slalom women’s K1 |
Jess Fox |
|
Canoe |
World Championships - Slalom women’s C1 |
Jess Fox |
|
Cricket |
Men’s One-Day World Cup |
Michael Clarke, George Bailey, Pat Cummins, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Brad Haddin, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner, Shane Watson |
|
Cricket |
Men’s Ashes |
Michael Clarke, George Bailey, Doug Bollinger, Alex Doolan, James Faulkner, Brad Haddin, Ryan Harris, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Lyon, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Chris Rogers, Peter Siddle, Steve Smith, David Warner, Shane Watson |
|
Cricket |
Women’s T20 World Cup |
Meg Lanning, Alex Blackwell, Nicole Bolton, Jess Cameron, Sarah Coyte, Renee Farrell, Holly Ferling, Alyssa Healy, Julie Hunter, Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Beth Mooney, Erin Osbourne, Ellyse Perry, Elyse Villani |
|
Cycling |
World Track Cycling Championships - Women’s keirin |
Anna Meares |
|
Cycling |
World Track Cycling Championships - Women’s omnium |
Annette Edmondson |
|
Cycling |
World Track Cycling Championships - Women’s team track pursuit |
Ashlee Ankudinoff, Amy Cure, Annette Edmondson, Melissa Hoskins |
|
Cycling |
World Track Cycling Championships - Women’s individual pursuit |
Rebecca Wiasak |
|
Cycling – BMX |
BMX World Championships - Men’s individual |
Sam Willoughby |
|
Cycling – BMX |
BMX World Championships - Men’s time trial |
Sam Willoughby |
|
Hockey |
Men’s Hockey World Cup |
Mark Knowles, Andrew Charter, Chris Ciriello, Tim Deavin, Liam De Young, Jamie Dwyer, Matthew Gohdes, Kieran Govers, Jeremy Hayward, Robert Hammond, Fergus Kavanagh, Tyler Lovell, Eddie Ockenden, Simon Orchard, Matthew Swann, Glenn Turner, Jake Whetton, Aran Zalewski |
|
Kayak |
World Championship – 5000m |
Ken Wallace |
|
Netball |
Commonwealth Games[3] |
Caitlin Bassett, Julie Corletto, Laura Geitz, Kimberlee Green, Renae Hallinan, Sharni Layton, Natalie Medhurst, Tegan Philip, Kim Ravaillion, Caitlin Thwaites |
|
Sailing |
Sailing World Championship - Open 16 |
Gavin Colby, Josie Mark |
|
Sailing |
Sailing World Championship - A-class catamaran |
Glenn Ashby |
|
Sailing |
Sailing World Championship - Women’s hobie 16 |
Jessie Dobie, Bella Zanesco |
|
Sailing |
Sailing World Championship - 29er |
Kurt Hansen, Harry Morton |
|
Sailing |
Sailing World Championship – Men’s 470 |
Mathew Belcher, William Ryan |
|
Shooting |
World Championship - Men’s 50m rifle |
Warren Potent |
|
Surfing |
World Tour |
Stephanie Gilmore |
|
Swimming |
World Short Course Championship - Men’s 100m backstroke |
Mitchell Larkin |
|
Swimming |
World Championships - Women’s 100m freestyle |
Cate Campbell |
|
Swimming |
World Championships – Men’s 100m Freestyle |
James Magnussen |
|
Swimming |
World Championships – Men’s 50m breaststroke |
Christian Sprenger |
|
Taekwondo |
World Championships – Women’s 57-62kg |
Carmen Marton |
|
Triathlon |
Women’s Hawaiian Ironman |
Mirinda Carfrae |
|
Winter |
Freestyle Skiing World Championships - Women's aerials skiing |
Laura Peel |
|
Winter |
Snowboard World Championships - Men's snowboard halfpipe |
Scott James |
|
Sport |
Event |
Athlete/s |
|---|---|---|
|
Athletics |
World Championships – Men’s 100m (T38) |
Evan O’Hanlon |
|
Athletics |
World Championships – Men’s 100m (T42) |
Scott Reardon |
|
Athletics |
World Championships – Men’s 200m (T38) |
Evan O’Hanlon |
|
Athletics |
World Championships – Men’s 400m (T38) |
Evan O’Hanlon |
|
Basketball |
Wheelchair Basketball World Championships – Men |
Joshua Allison, Jannik Blair, Adam Deans, Justin Eveson, Michael Hartnett, Tristan Knowles, Bill Latham, Brad Ness, Shaun Norris, Tom O’Neill-Thorne, Luke Pople, Nick Taylor |
|
Canoe |
World Championships - Men’s V1 200m |
Curtis McGrath |
|
Cycling |
Para-cycling World Championships - 4km individual pursuit |
Michael Gallagher |
|
Cycling |
Para-cycling World Championships – 3km individual pursuit |
Sue Powell |
|
Rowing |
World Rowing Championships - Arms, shoulders men's single scull |
Erik Korrie |
|
Rowing |
World Rowing Championships - Trunk and arms mixed double scull |
Gavin Bellis, Kathryn Ross |
|
Rugby |
Wheelchair Rugby World Championships – Men |
Ryley Batt, Chris Bond, Cameron Carr, Jason Ellery, Nazim Erdem, Josh Hose, Jason Lees, Michael Ozanne, Curtis Palmer, Ryan Scott, Jayden Warn |
|
Sailing |
IFDS Sailing World Championships - Skud 18 |
Daniel Fitzgibbon, Liesl Tesch |
|
Swimming |
IPC Swimming World Championships - Men’s 100m breaststroke (SB7) |
Blake Cochrane |
|
Swimming |
IPC Swimming World Championships - Men’s 400m freestyle (s9) |
Brendan Hall |
|
Swimming |
IPC Swimming World Championships - Men’s 200m freestyle (s14) |
Daniel Fox |
|
Swimming |
IPC Swimming World Championships - Women’s 100m freestyle (s8) |
Maddison Elliot |
|
Swimming |
IPC Swimming World Championships - Women’s 50m freestyle (s8) |
Maddison Elliott |
|
Swimming |
IPC Swimming World Championships - Men’s 50m freestyle (s9) |
Matt Cowdrey |
|
Swimming |
IPC Swimming World Championships - Men’s 100m backstroke (s9) |
Matt Cowdrey |
|
Swimming |
IPC Swimming World Championships - Men’s 100m freestyle (s9) |
Matt Cowdrey |
|
Swimming |
IPC Swimming World Championships - Men’s 200m individual medley (SM9) |
Matt Cowdrey |
|
Swimming |
IPC Swimming World Championships - Men’s 200m individual medley (SM7) |
Matt Levy |
|
Swimming |
IPC Swimming World Championships - Men’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay |
Rowan Crowthers, Matt Cowdrey, Brendan Hall, Matt Levy |
|
Winter sport |
Alpine Skiing World Championships – Women’s alpine downhill (visually impaired) |
Melissa Perrine |
|
Winter sport |
Alpine Skiing World Championships – Women’s alpine super-G (visually impaired) |
Melissa Perrine |
|
Winter sport |
Alpine Skiing World Championships –Women’s alpine super combined (visually impaired) |
Melissa Perrine |