Lucien Delfour is a canoe slalom athlete who competed in the K1 event at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Delfour has had multiple podium finishes at World Cup level, including silver at the 2019 World Cup in Markkleeberg, Germany.

Following wins in the K1 at both the 2020 ICF Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships and 2020 Australian Open it was announced that Delfour was off to his second Olympics where he will contest the K1 at Tokyo 2020.

After winning numerous junior world championship titles, Jessica Fox produced one of the surprising performances of the London 2012 Olympic Games to win silver in the women’s K1.

Having won the second Australian nomination trial at the Oceania Championships in 2016, Fox won bronze at Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the women’s K1.

Fox went on the win two gold medals at the 2018 World Championships in Rio, then one gold and two silver medals at the 2019 World Championships in La Seu d’Urgell.

Kayaker Jo Brigden-Jones is a world championship medalist who has been a member of the Australian Canoe Sprint Team since 2004.

Brigden-Jones competed at the London 2012 Olympics in the K4 500m event and will return to the Olympic arena for Tokyo 2020.

Bridgen-Jones has had several World Cup podium finishes including a silver medal at the 2018 World Cup in the K4 500m.

Kayaker Lachlan Tame won bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the K2 1000m. The 2015 world champion has won multiple World Championship and World Cup medals, including gold in the K2 500m and silver in the K2 1000m at the 2015 World Championships.

After taking a two-year break from the sport and undergoing shoulder surgery, Tame returned in 2019 where he led the Men’s K4 500m at the World Championships to secure an Olympic quota spot for Australia for Tokyo 2020.

In March 2020 it was announced that Tame had been selected to the Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo.

Murray Stewart is an Olympic gold winning kayaker. Stewart secured gold in the 2012 London Olympic Games for the K4 1000m event.

Stewart then went on to win bronze in 2013 and gold in 2017 at the World Championships, both in the K4 1000m.

Canoe sprint athlete Riley Fitzsimmons represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the K4 1000m, where the crew finished fourth.

After winning his first gold at the 2015 Junior & U23 World Championships, Fitzsimmons has gone on to win multiple international medals at both the junior and senior level. In 2017, Fitzsimmons became a world champion in the K4 1000m after winning gold with his team at the ICF World Championships.

Fitzsimmons will return to the Olympic arena for Tokyo 2020.

Jaime Ryan is a sailing athlete who competed at the Rio 2016 Olympics in the women’s 470 class with sailing partner Carrie Smith.

Hailing from Lake Macquarie in NSW, Ryan was also selected to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, this time in the women’s 49erFX class with crewmate Tess Lloyd.

In Rio, Jaime Ryan placed 15th overall in the women’s 420 event. Her brother, Will Ryan, also competed at the Rio 2016 Olympics and secured a silver medal in the men’s 470 event.

Sailor Jason Waterhouse won the silver medal in the mixed Nacra 17 at the Rio 2016 Olympics with his sailing partner (and cousin) Lisa Darmanin.

The Rio silver medallists return to the Olympic arena for Tokyo 2020 in the mixed-crew Nacra class. The pair have consistently been among the world’s best, backing up a stunning 2018/19 season which included a run of four international victories in five events with back-to-back bronze medals at the 2019 and 2020 Nacra 17 World Championships.

The duo also competed in the 2014 World Championships in Santander and won bronze.

Sailor Lisa Darmanin won the silver medal in the mixed Nacra 17 at the Rio 2016 Olympics with her sailing partner (and cousin) Jason Waterhouse.

The Rio silver medallists return to the Olympic arena for Tokyo 2020 in the mixed-crew Nacra class. The pair have consistently been among the world’s best, backing up a stunning 2018/19 season which included a run of four international victories in five events with back-to-back bronze medals at the 2019 and 2020 Nacra 17 World Championships.

The duo also competed in the 2014 World Championships in Santander and won bronze.

Cyclist Ashlee Ankudinoff has had tremendous success throughout her career. At the 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszkow, Ankudinoff won gold in both the individual pursuit and team pursuit.

Prior to that Ankudinoff won gold at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and two silver medals at the 2017 World Championships.

Ankudinoff competed at the Rio 2016 Olympics in the Australian women’s team pursuit squad.

Track cyclist Kaarle McCulloch is a four-time world champion in the team sprint event.

Kaarle won a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics and has been with the NSW Institute of Sport for over ten years.

At the 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Pruszkow, Kaarle won gold with riding partner Stephanie Morton, as well as silver in the keirin and bronze in the time trial.

Thomas Grice will make his Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 in the Trap shooting event.

In 2017, Grice and partner Penny Smith became the first ever ISSF World Champions in the Mixed Trap Team event. The pair finished on the podium again at the 2019 World Championships in Lonato, Italy where they claimed bronze.

Grice won bronze at the 2017 Oceania Championship in the Men’s Trap and competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

Trap Shooter James Willett made his Olympic debut at Rio in 2016 where he finished fifth in the Double Trap. Willet he 2018 Commonwealth Games Willet

Willet changed to Trap after the Double Trap was removed from the Olympic shooting competition for Tokyo and, in 2019, he equaled the world record at the World Cup in Acapulco shooting a perfect qualifying score before going on to take gold. Later that year Willet and partner Laetisha Scanlan took gold at the World Championships in the mixed trap.

Following his win at the 2020 Commonwealth Championships, Willet was selected on the Australian Team for Tokyo 2020.