Steven Bradbury …skating into gold....
Stephen Bradbury's remarkable and unlikely victory at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics was achieved after a spectacular final-lap spill took out his four rivals. Bradbury th...
Steven was amazing - the best motivational keynote speaker I have ever seen (and I have seen a few!). I read his book on the weekend and couldn't put it down. What an amazing story...
AMP Capital Shopping Centres
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Herb Elliott …the greatest miler....
Australian sporting icon Herb Elliott burst onto the international athletic scene in 1958 when he became the youngest athlete to break the four minute mile.
At the Rome Olympic...
An excellent presenter and presentation. 10/10
Local Government Managers Australia
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Ryan Bayley …Australian cycling champion....
Olympic, Commonwealth and Australian Cycling Champion Ryan Bayley is Australia's newest cycling sensation.
One of the great success stories of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games was...
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Raelene Boyle …outstanding Australian athlete....
Born in 1951, Raelene's distinguished sporting career spans Commonwealth games from 1970 to 1984 (during which time she won five gold medals) and three Olympics - 1968, 1972 and 19...
She was absolutely fantastic. There were a few tears and much laughter throughout the audience during her presentation. She is just an amazing person and all the feedback I have re...
Medicare Australia
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Ric Charlesworth …sport from all angles....
Having returned from a year living and writing in Tuscany, Dr Richard Charlesworth talks and consults on sport and performance.
Prior to his departure to live in Italy, Ric was...
The day was definitely one of the most memorable launches that we have had and your part was certainly instrumental to the success of the event. The insight you provided into your ...
Australian Cricket Board
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Sebastian Coe …world champion athlete....
Winner of two Olympic gold and two Olympic silver medals, Sebastian Coe is one of the greatest middle distance runners of all time.
He is Britain's most prolific world record s...
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Priya Cooper …a golden paralympian....
Priya Cooper has defeated cerebral palsy to become one of Australia's leading Paralympians. In 1995 she held the world record for the 50m and 100m Freestyle events. In 1996 she hel...
A delightful person & incredibly helpful (she even helped hand out name
tags!).
Verve Creative
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Lisa Curry …life the way you want it to be....
An expert on self-management, Lisa juggles family, sport, business and leisure time to create a lifestyle that is challenging, rewarding, satisfying, sometime stressful, but mostly...
Friendly and very professional. Her presentation was extremely well received and highly motivating for our delegates.
Dental Hygienists Association of Australia Inc
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Robert de Castella …marathon legend....
For over a decade Robert de Castella (or Deek) competed internationally in the marathon, setting world records and winning World Championships, Commonwealth Games and many other in...
Brilliant; inspirational & motivational from a great Australian.
CPA Australia
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Michael Diamond …world-champion rifle shooter....
Michael Diamond is a Dual Olympic Gold Medalist and Dual Commonwealth Gold Medalist in Trap Shooting.
Michael has competed in four Olympic Games: 2004 Athens, 2000 Sydney, 1996 ...
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Brennon Dowrick …spectacular gymnastics....
Olympian Brennon Dowrick is one of Australia’s most successful gymnasts and one of our country’s most innovative, entertaining and effective motivational speakers.
While compet...
You were the star of the conference! Congratulations on the best performances I have seen. There is no question as to weather or not you spent the extra fifteen minutes honing you...
Bakers' Delight
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Jane Flemming …Australia's golden girl....
Golden girl Jane Flemming won two gold medals and two silver medals for Australia at the Commonwealth Games.
One of the leading heptathletes in the world during the 1980's, Jan...
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Debbie Flintoff-King …prime athlete....
Debbie Flintoff-King ran the second fastest time in history and became the Olympic record holder in the 400m Hurdles when she won Gold for Australia in 1988, bringing her world ran...
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Cathy Freeman …Australia’s golden hero....
Cathy Freeman, is one of Australia's most admired and respected athletes. She is an Australian superstar and an Australian icon.
Cathy has not been an overnight success. She has...
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Nick Green …member of the oarsome foursome....
Nick Green's international rowing career got off to a flying start in late 1989 when he teamed up with experienced rowers James Tomkins, Mike McKay, and later Andrew Cooper to race...
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Tatiana Grigorieva …champion Olympic pole vaulter....
As a former national level 400m hurdler in Russia, Tatiana took up pole vaulting when she migrated to Australia in 1997. Her greatest sporting achievements to date have been winnin...
Tatiana’s presentation was not only inspirational but also thought provoking for the women in attendance. She commented that the world of sport and business is very much alike in w...
Marlene Elliott, SA Marketing Manager, KPMG
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Brooke Hanson …Australian swimming sensation....
Recently retired Olympic gold and silver medallist Brooke Hanson made her debut for the Australian Swimming Team in 1994.
Representing Australia over 20 times at major internati...
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Brett Hawke … Australian sprint swimming sensation....
Australia's fastest man, Brett Hawke, continued his reign as Australia’s premier sprinter at the 2005 Telstra Trials with convincing victories in both the 50m freestyle and 50m but...
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Clinton Hill …upcoming Australian sprinter....
In 2004 Clinton took the 400m national title for the third year running, a feat achieved only once before in the history of Australian track and field.
International competition...
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Stephen Hodge …Australian cycling champion....
Stephen retired from competitive cycling at the end of 1996, following a long career which began in Canberra, where he also completed a BSc degree at the Australian National Univer...
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Nikki Hudson …Olympic hockey gold-medallist....
Nikki began her playing career when she was only six years old, simply because her whole family werer involved with Hockey. She was born in Rockhampton, and moved to Toowoomba with...
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Michael Johnson … the world's greaest ever 200m/400m sprinter....
The best 200/400 meter sprinter in the history of the sport of track & field. Johnson’s progressions through the ranks of track and field were swift and stunning! A dual event worl...
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John Konrads …one of the all time great swimmers....
John Konrads represents a unique mix of sporting legend and senior business executive.
He astounded the sporting world when at the age of 15 he broke all world freestyle recor...
Your presentation was great and you fell into the role of Mater of Ceremonies perfectly
Australian Business Annual Dinner
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Daniel Kowalski …champion swimmer....
When the United Nations asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for a world sporting personality to speak to their General Assembly on behalf of Australian and World athlet...
Daniel was an excellent speaker with the right amount of humour. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed his talk about his experience particularly in view of the fact that we were right in th...
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Laurie Lawrence …the super motivator....
There would be few, who do not know of Laurie Lawrence or his spirited personality, his sense of humour or his zest for life. For those who know him well there would be no disputin...
Laurie had everybody hanging on every word he said. He is a true profesisonal, a great team player, and a very down to earth likeable person.
AGL Energy Sales and Marketing
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Libby Lenton …upcoming star of the Australian Swimming Team....
Libby is one of the newest and brightest stars on the Australian Swimming Team.
She is currently a member of the Australian Women's Olympic swim team, an Athens gold medalist, ...
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Kirstie Marshall …world-class skier....
Australia's first world champion skier, Kirstie Marshall, has been Australian Skier of the Year six times, and won seventeen different World Cup gold medals.
In 1998, Australi...
Considering this was her first time as MC, she was magnificent.
Australian Kidney Foundation, VIC
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Mike McKay …oarsome olympic achievement....
Mike McKay is one of the founding crew members of the Oarsome Foursome - four Melbourne rowers who took on and defeated the best in the world.
McKay together with James Tomkins,...
Mike was terrific, his sporting insights were most relevant to our business.
National Australia Bank
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Alice Mills …a new breed of Australian female swimming....
Alice started swimming at 6 months - by age 5 she had won her first club meet and in doing so broke her first pool record. By the year 2000, Alice’s hard work and determination sta...
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Michael Milton …five-time Paralympian, Australia's fastest skier, cancer survivor....
He is Australia’s fastest ever skier, represented Australia at five Paralympic Games, won dozens of international medals, climbed Mt Kilimanjaro and walked the Kokoda Track, he’s a...
It was a great privilege to have Michael as a guest speaker. He was generous with giving of himself for the entire session, particularly as he was still a bit under the weather. Th...
Alpine Accessibility Tourism Project Launch
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Steve Moneghetti …legendary marathon runner....
Steve Moneghetti's success as a marathon runner is legendary.
In his first Commonwealth Games in 1986, Steve's Bronze Medal in the Marathon was the fastest debut by an Australi...
Steve really engaged the audience and our team were very interested in both his presentation and with the individual interactions they had with him before and after this. Steve kn...
ANL Container Line Pty Limited
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Nadine Neumann …swimming against the tide....
By the age of 20, Nadine Neumann had already lived a lifetime of success and setbacks.
She overcame Chronic Fatigue Syndrome at the age of 15, only to have her dream of an Olymp...
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Glynis Nunn …peak performance athlete....
Glynis Nunn, winner of the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, is one of Australia's most successful athletes.
Glynis has an extensive background in ...
A wonderful person with a great message.
Corryong Rotary, Vic
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Nova Peris …versatility in sport....
Nova Peris is a versatile Australian athlete who has succeeded in both the sporting arenas of field hockey and track and field.
She participated as a member of the Australian W...
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Kieren Perkins …Australia's golden swimming hero....
Kieren Perkins is a hero of the Australian sporting arena. From Captain of Swimming at Brisbane Boys' College in 1990, to dual Olympic gold medallist just six years later, Kieren h...
Kieren was very professional and very interesting.
KPMG
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Phillippe Rizzo …world-class Australian gymnast....
Australia's male gymnasts have generally been overshadowed by the performances of their female counterparts, but in Philippe Rizzo, they have a genuine world class performer.
Th...
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Clint Robinson …Australian kayaking great....
Clint Robinson is one of Australia’s national sporting heroes.
Arguably Australia’s greatest ever kayaker, Clint won gold in the K1 1000m at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and ...
Clint is a great presenter and his down to earth friendly attitude, despite his extraordinary success, is very motivating & inspiring.
Count Financial Limited
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Giaan Rooney …world record performer....
With her trademark million-dollar smile firmly in place and an Olympic Gold Medal and World Record to her name, Giaan Rooney had a stellar international swimming career.
Giaan ...
We really could not be happier with Giaan and her ability to engage a very diverse crowd; extremely nice girl and received a number of glowing reports from both our VIP guests and the general public.
The Meadows
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Louise Sauvage …queen of the track....
The undisputed world number one in her sport, holder of 9 Olympic Gold medals, Louise Sauvage is recognised for her unique athleticism and outstanding success as a wheelchair track...
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Allana Slater …Australia's most successful female artistic gymnast....
Allana Slater is the most successful women's artistic gymnast that Australia has ever produced. From a young age she produced remarkable results, challenging the perception within ...
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Fiona Taylor …high performance consultant....
Fiona Taylor is a High Performance Consultant and expert in human behaviour, consciousness and transformation; Winner of Seven World Titles in Windsurfing; 1992 Barcelona Olympian;...
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Petria Thomas …phenomenal Australian swimmer....
Petria Thomas has become one of Australia’s most successful female swimmers. Her three gold medals and one silver medal at the Athens Olympic Games has brought her Olympic medal co...
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Ian Thorpe …swimming world champion....
The 'Thorpedo' as he is affectionately known has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and in 2001 he became the first person to win six gold medals in one ...
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James Tomkins …one of Australia's greatest rowers....
One of Australia's greatest rowers, James Tomkins is the only rower in history to win world championship titles in every sweep oar event.
James together with Mike McKay, Nick G...
James was an inspiration and his story was so interesting. His passion and personality shone through and we've had very positive feedback from our clients following his presentation.
JLF Corporation
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Mark Tonelli … teamwork makes teams work....
Skills are transferable. Olympic Gold medals and business successes do follow the same basic philosophies. Business “athletes” are better equipped and conditioned to compete in to...
The thank yous have not stopped coming. The function in Darling Harbour hosted by Mark Tonelli was a fantastic success. Mark’s professionalism, humour & vast sporting knowledge en...
AMP
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