Sport in Australia

Sports Specific to Australia

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  Australian Football — a fast paced football code played between two teams of eighteen players on a large oval field.
  
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  Kegel — a German nine-pin bowling game played in Australia.
  
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  Calisthenics — a competitive team sport in which athletes perform elements of rhythmic gymnastics and ballet.
  
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  Campdrafting — a rider on horseback attempts to cut out a cattle from its herd and drive it into a pen.
  
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  Surf Lifesaving — competitions consist of performing various tasks performed by lifeguards in the beach
  
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  Trugo — players strike a rubber ring, which is called a whell, with a mallet through goal posts.
  
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  Vigoro — an Australian sport that combines elements of Cricket and Baseball, mainly played by women. Played on a pitch shorter than for cricket, with a bat with a long handle like a paddle.
  

Australia Sporting Success

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  Rugby World Cup winners 1991, 1999
  
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  ICC Cricket World Cup winners 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007.
  
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  ICC Champions Trophy winner - 2006, 2009
  
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  Hockey Champions Trophy winners - 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
  
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  Asian Cup Football winners - 2015
  

Athletes from Australia

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  Ian Thorpe (swimming)
  
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  Donald Bradman (cricket)
  
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  Tim Cahill (soccer)
  
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  Shirley Strickland (athletics)
  
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  Murray Rose (swimming)
  
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  Greg Norman (golf)
  
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  Ricky Ponting (cricket)
  
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  Shane Warne (cricket)
  
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  Murray Rose (swimming)
  
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  Cathy Freeman (athletics)
  
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  Dawn Fraser (swimming)
  
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  Rod Laver (tennis)
  
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  Herb Elliot (athletics)
  
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  Rod Laver (tennis)
  
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  Betty Cuthbert
  
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  Ken Rosewall
  
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  Who is Australia's Greatest Athlete? — about the TV show