Australia’s greatest moguls skier and most successful winter athlete, Jakara Anthony is one of the most dominant high-performance stories in world sport. Fresh from her historic triumph at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Games, she stands alone as Australia’s only dual Winter Olympic gold medallist and the first athlete ever to claim two Olympic moguls titles. Her journey from regional Victoria to global supremacy, marked by record-breaking seasons, technical innovation and a resilient return from injury, offers a powerful lens on sustained excellence, performing under pressure and the mindset required to stay at the top.
Born in Cairns, Queensland, and raised on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula, Jakara's pathway to moguls began early. Her parents met on the slopes at Mt. Buller, and by four she was on snow; by 11 she had joined Team Buller Riders, spending winters training and competing while attending school on the mountain.
A gifted junior, Jakara rose rapidly through national ranks, earned selection to the Australian Development Team in 2012, and made her World Cup debut as a 16-year-old at Deer Valley in 2015. She cracked the top-10 in 2017 at Tazawako, signalling she was ready for the world stage. At PyeongChang 2018 she placed fourth in women’s moguls, the best Olympic result by an Australian female moguls skier to that point, and the launchpad for a senior career defined by precision turns and progressive jumps.
The breakthrough season followed quickly. In 2019 she won silver at the World Championships in Deer Valley and captured her first World Cup victory at Lake Placid, underlining her arrival among the elite.
Jakara’s 2021–22 campaign was historic. She won every round on the way to Olympic gold at Beijing 2022, becoming Australia’s first Winter Olympic champion since 2010 and the first Australian to top an Olympic moguls qualification. Her final featured a “cork 720 mute” on the top air, the first time a woman landed the trick in Olympic competition, a hallmark of her commitment to progression. She closed the northern winter by securing both the overall Moguls and Dual Moguls Crystal Globes.
Across 2022–23, Jakara defended her place at the top, adding multiple World Cup wins and reclaiming the single moguls Crystal Globe.
What followed in 2023–24 was one of the greatest seasons in any winter sport. Jakara won 14 World Cup events from 16 starts, a moguls single-season record, and swept all three Crystal Globes: single moguls, dual moguls and the combined overall. The FIS season finale in Valmalenco confirmed the “moguls hat-trick”, while media at home and abroad hailed the scale of her dominance.
The 2024–25 northern winter began with more milestones. Jakara’s silver at the World Cup opener in Ruka was her 42nd career podium, the most by any Australian winter athlete, and a week later she won in Idre Fjäll for her 23rd career World Cup victory.
Then tragedy struck. Shortly afterwards, she suffered a broken collarbone in training in Sweden and underwent surgery in Oslo. She returned to Australia to rehabilitate, opting for a measured comeback rather than rushing back to competition.
Away from the course, Jakara has studied exercise and sport science at Deakin University and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2022 for service to sport following her Olympic triumph. She has twice been named Snow Australia Athlete of the Year, including in 2024 in recognition of her record-breaking World Cup season.
By December 2024 Jakara’s tally stood at 23 World Cup victories and 43 podiums, both Australian benchmarks in their own right, and she was shaping the sport with the same curiosity and craft that took her to Olympic gold.
In 2026 at the Milano Cortina Olympic Games, Jakara became the first dual moguls Olympic champion and the nation’s first two-time Winter Olympic gold medallist.
