Hall of Fame
2024
Katie Kelly OAM
Kelly’s rise in the sport was meteoric.
Just months after being classified as a vision-impaired para triathlete in early 2015, Kelly won the World Triathlon Para Championship title alongside guide Michellie Jones.
At the Rio 2016, the pair made history, claiming gold in the PT5 women’s event and delivering Australia its first-ever Paralympic medal in triathlon.
Kelly went on to secure a second world title in 2017.
Her remarkable career culminated at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, where she competed with guide Briarna Silk, finishing sixth.
2024
Pete Jacobs
Jacobs remains one of Australia’s greatest IRONMAN athletes, best know for his 2012 World Championship win.
In 2011, he earned his first IRONMAN victory at IRONMAN Australia and finished runner-up at the IRONMAN World Championships behind 2021 Hall of Fame inductee Craig Alexander.
The following year, he reached the pinnacle of his career, winning the 2012 IRONMAN World Championship in dominant fashion.
2023
Chris McCormack
Chris McCormack represented Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, finishing fifth.
In 1997, McCormack made history by becoming the first male triathlete to win both the ITU Triathlon World Championship and the ITU Triathlon World Cup Series in the same year, also finishing the season ranked number one in the world.
He won IRONMAN Australia on debut in 2002 and went on to defend the title for five consecutive years.
McCormack went on to secure two IRONMAN World Championship titles, first in 2007 and again in 2010.
2022
Mirinda Carfrae
Carfrae is celebrated as a three-time IRONMAN World Champion and IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion.
Beginning her career in Short Course, Carfrae represented Australia at the ITU Triathlon World Championships from 2001-2005, twice earning silver medals in 2002 & 2003 before turning her attention to long distance racing.
She claimed victory in IRONMAN World Championships in 2010, 2013, and 2014, and the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships in 2007.
2021
Craig Alexander OAM
Craig Alexander holds an unparalleled legacy as the three time IRONMAN World Champion in 2008, 2009, and 2011, as well as the two-time IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion in 2006 and 2011.
He became the first man to win both the IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 titles in the same year in 2011 – and is still one of only two men to do so.
2020
Emma Moffatt
Emma Moffatt transformed from a surf lifesaving kiosk worker in Woolgoolga to become one of Australia’s legendary triathletes.
She clinched a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a pinnacle in her illustrious career spanning over a decade.
Moffatt’s achievements include back-to-back ITU World Championships in 2009 and 2010, and a bronze medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Games Mixed Relay.
Remarkably, she represented Australia at three Olympic Games, one of only two triathlete to do so.
2019
Joanne King
Joanne King stands among the distinguished few who have claimed both junior and senior World Championships for Australia.
King’s crowning achievement came in 1998 when she clinched the ITU world title in Lausanne.
She was also an Australian Long Course Championship winner and multiple IRONMAN Australia champion in a short but highly successful career.
2018
Peter Robertson
Peter Robertson’s aggressive, all-or-nothing racing style won him three World Championships, multiple World Cups and legions of fans in Australia and around the world.
He finished his career a three-time World Champion, clinching the ITU world title in 2001, 2003, and 2005.
Robertson is a two-time Olympian and a Commonwealth Games medalist, winning bronze in his hometown of Melbourne in 2006.
2017
Emma Snowsill OAM
Emma Snowsill made history with a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first and only Australian to achieve the feat in triathlon.
In 2003, Snowsill claimed her first ITU World Championship title in Queenstown, New Zealand, and went on to win two more world titles in 2005 and 2006.
She also won gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
2016
John Maclean OAM
Pioneer para triathlete John MacLean was training for the 1988 Nepean Triathlon when a truck accident left him a paraplegic.
In 1996, he won the Athletes with Disabilities category at the ITU Triathlon World Championships and the following year finished the IRONMAN World Championships, becoming the first disabled athlete to complete the race within the able-bodied cut-off time.
In 2014, Maclean achieved the remarkable feat of regaining the use of his legs and completing the Nepean Triathlon without a wheelchair.
2015
Nicole Hackett
Nicole Hackett began triathlon at 15 after years of surf lifesaving. In 1997, she won the World Junior Triathlon Championships and defended her title in 1998.
In her first professional season, she claimed two World Cup podiums, won the St George Formula 1 series, and was runner-up at the ITU Aquathlon World Championships.
Hackett went on to win another F1 series title and the Australian Championship in 2000, earning a spot on the Sydney Olympics team, where she finished 9th.
In 2002, she won bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
2014
Stephen Foster
At just 18 years old, Stephen Foster made an early mark in triathlon, finishing third in the 1984 Triple M Triathlon behind IRONMAN World Champion Scott Tinley and Australian star Marc Dragan.
Despite a serious cycling accident in 1988 that sidelined him for a year, he made a triumphant return to form, securing Australian Championships titles in 1987, 1988, 1990, and 1991.
He also claimed the Australian Long Course Championship in 1988 and 1996.
2014
Louise Mackinlay
Known as ‘The Lady of Iron,’ Louise Mackinlay was one of Australia’s leading female triathletes during a period when the national circuit was solidifying and Australian athletes began to make their mark on the international stage.
She was the 1991 Australian Champion, a two-time Australian Long Course Champion, and a three-time IRONMAN Australia Champion.
In 1989, Louise was selected to represent Australia at the first official Triathlon World Championships in Avignon, where she dominated the women’s field, becoming one of the first women to complete an Olympic distance race in under two hours.
2013
Brad Beven
Brad Beven won four consecutive World Cup Series titles between 1992 and 1995, along with three silver medals at the ITU World Championships during the 90s.
In 1990, he earned a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Auckland, when triathlon was a demonstration sport.
Beven is a four-time World Cup winner, five-time Australian Champion, and seven-time Australian Grand Prix Champion.
2012
Emma Carney
Emma Carney’s career was defined by an extraordinary period of dominance, with 12 consecutive World Cup victories from June 1995 to April 1997.
Her rise to prominence was swift—only 18 months after taking up triathlon, she claimed her first ITU World title in Wellington in 1994.
She went on to claim a second World Championship title in 1997 in Perth.
2012
Jackie Fairweather
Jackie Fairweather burst onto the triathlon scene in 1992, claiming the Australian National Series title in her debut season.
In 1996, she made history by becoming ITU World Champion in Cleveland, Ohio, setting a record time, while also winning the World Duathlon Championship in the same year – an unmatched feat in the sport.
Transitioning to marathon running, she earned a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
2012
Loretta Harrop
Loretta Harrop joined Michellie Jones and Nicole Hackett on the start line for triathlon’s Olympic debut in Sydney in 2000 finishing fifth.
She then went on to claim Australia’s second Olympic silver in Athens in 2004.
Harrop was crowned ITU World Champion in 1999 and also won silver at the 2004 World Championships in Madeira.
2009
Michellie Jones AM
Michellie Jones competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics winning a silver medal for Australia.
She won back-to-back ITU World Championships in 1992 and 1993, and went on to become the first Australian woman to win an IRONMAN World Championship in 2006.
Later in her career, Jone made the transition to guiding visually impaired athlete Katie Kelly. Together, they secured two ITU World Para Championships and a gold medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
2009
Miles Stewart OAM
Originally a speedskater from Wollongong, Stewart rose to the elite ranks of the emerging sport of triathlon in the early ’90s whilst living on Queensland’s Gold Coast.
He represented Australia at 16 ITU World Championships, winning the world title in 1991, and went on to win a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
Stewart competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics, taking sixth place.
2009
Greg Welch OAM
Greg Welch is acknowledged as one of the greatest triathletes due to his remarkable dominance in winning the “The Grand Slam” which includes the ITU Triathlon World Championships (1990), the IRONMAN World Championship (1994), the ITU Duathlon World Championships (1993) and the ITU Long Course Triathlon World Championship (1996).
Welch became the first Australian triathlete to be inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2011.