page_title: ACT Academy of Sport
section_title: Notable athletes
hierarchical_section_title: ACT Academy of Sport / Notable athletes
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian athlete Lisa Llorens on the podium with her gold medal won in the 200&#160;m T20 event at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games, Day 07
context_page_description: The ACT Academy of Sport was launched in 1989. It is an endorsed Australian Olympic Committee and Australian Paralympic Committee National Training Centre and a member of the National Institutes of Network.
context_section_description: Since its launch in 1989, ACTAS has developed numerous Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games representatives. 
  Athletics 
  Olympics: Susan Hobson, Matt Beckenham, Zoe Buckman,  Lisa Corrigan, Stuart Rendell, Brendan Cole, Melissa Breen, Lauren Wells 
  
  Paralympics: Angie Ballard, Andrew Laggner, Lisa Llorens, Richard Nicholson, Sharon Rackham, Murray Goldfinch, Roy Daniell, Louise Ellery  
  
  Commonwealth Games: Susan Hobson, Matt Beckenham, Lisa Corrigan, Brendan Cole, Stuart Rendell, Melissa Breen, Lauren Wells 
  Baseball 
  
  Olympics: Jeff Williams 
  Basketball   
  Olympics: Patrick Mills 
  
  Paralympics: Tristan Knowles 
  Boxing 
  
  Olympics: Gerard O'Mahony 
  
  Commonwealth Games:Gerard O'Mahony, Steven Rudic 
  Cricket 
  
  Australian team: Michael Bevan  
  Cycling 
  Olympics: Michael Rogers  Oenone Wood, Caroline Buchanan,  Gracie Elvin, Michael Matthews, Tracey Gaudry, Mary Grigson, Chloe Hosking],  Dan Ellis, Rebecca Henderson 
   
  Paralympics: Michael Milton, Jane Armstrong, Anthony Biddle, Kial Stewart, Sue Powell 
  
  Commonwealth Games: Michael Rogers, Margaret Hemsley, Mary Grigson, Alison Wright, Mathew Hayman, Oenone Wood, Dan Ellis, Chloe Hosking, Gracie Elvin, Nathan Haas, Vicki Whitelaw, Michael Matthews, Nathan Hart, Brandie O'Connor, Thomas Clarke (pilot), Paul Kennedy 
  
  Others:  Peter Rogers, Deane Rogers,  Rebecca Wiasak    
  Football 
  
  Olympics: Peita-Claire Hepperlin, Amy Wilson, Sacha Wainwright, Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Lydia Williams  
  
  Other: Julie Murray,  George Timotheou 
   Hockey 
  
  Olympics: Anna Flanagan, Glenn Turner, Nicole Arrold, Michael York, Lisa Carruthers, Katrina Powell , Andrew Charter 
  
  Commonwealth Games: Michael York, Lisa Carruthers, Katrina Powell, Ben Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Nicole Arrold, Glenn Turner, Anna Flanagan, Edwina Bone, Andrew Charter 
  Ice Skating 
  
  World Championships: Miriam Manzano 
  Judo 
  
  Olympics: Matt_D'Aquino, Tom Hill
  Lawn Bowls 
  
  Commonwealth Games: Adam Jeffrey 
  Rowing 
  Olympics: Sarah Cook, Sonia Mills, Kay Hick, Bruce Hick, Kerry Knowler, Jamie Fernandez, Nick Porzig, Brett Hayman, Craig Jones, Jane Robinson 
  
  Commonwealth Games: Kay Hick, Jamie Fernandez, Bruce Hick, Nick Portzig, Fleur Spriggs, Craig Jones, Mitchell Punch 
  Sailing  
  
  Olympics: Brendan Todd  
  
  Paralympics: Peter Thompson 
  Skiing 
  
  Olympics: Laura Peel 
  
  Paralympics: Michael Milton 
  Shooting 
  
  Olympics: Matthew Inabinet 
   
  Softball 
  
  Olympics: Joanne Brown, Sally McCreedy 
   
  Squash 
  
  Commonwealth Games: Stuart Boswell 
  Swimming 
  
  Olympics: Angela Kennedy  
  
  Paralympics: Siobhan Paton, Katrina Lewis, Joshua Alford  
  Table tennis 
  
  Olympics: Jeff Plumb, Alison Shanley 
  Triathlon 
  
  Olympics: Simon Thompson 
  
  Paralympics: Katie Kelly, Nic Beveridge 
  Volleyball 
  
  Olympics: Ben Hardy  
  Wheelchair Rugby 
  
  Paralympics: Garry Croker
caption: Lisa Llorens on the podium with her gold medal won in the 200 m T20 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
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