The Road to Brisbane 2032
Aussies to Watch
The Australian stars to follow from now, through LA 2028, to the home Games in Brisbane. We track the athletes most likely to light up 2032 — and the Queensland names who’ll be doing it in their own backyard.
Last updated 18 June 2026 · By Toby Edmanson
Which Australian athletes should you watch on the road to Brisbane 2032?
The headline names are sprinter Gout Gout, swimmers Mollie O’Callaghan, Kaylee McKeown and Cam McEvoy, pole vaulter Nina Kennedy, discus thrower Matt Denny, 1500m runner Jessica Hull, and canoe-slalom great Jess Fox. Several — including Gout Gout, O’Callaghan, McKeown, McEvoy and Denny — are Queenslanders who’d race a home Games in 2032.
Gout Gout
Teenage sprint sensation rewriting Australian junior records. Tipped as the face of Brisbane 2032 athletics — he’ll be in his prime at a home Games.
Mollie O’Callaghan
Star of the 2025 World Championships in Singapore — three golds, including the 200m freestyle. A Brisbane local leading Australia’s sprint-freestyle charge to LA 2028.
Kaylee McKeown
The world’s premier backstroker. Won both the 100m and 200m backstroke at the 2025 Worlds, setting a championship record (57.16) in the 100m.
Cam McEvoy
Paris 2024 50m freestyle Olympic champion — the science-driven sprinter who reinvented his training to win the splash-and-dash.
Nina Kennedy
Paris 2024 Olympic pole vault champion, back-to-back world indoor titles, and two Diamond League titles. Australia’s most consistent field-event force.
Matt Denny
Paris 2024 bronze medallist in career-best Diamond League form, chasing a maiden global gold. A country-Queensland thrower with a home Games on the horizon.
Jessica Hull
Paris 2024 1500m Olympic silver medallist and a fixture at the front of world middle-distance racing. Australia’s best distance medal hope.
Jess Fox
Australia’s most successful individual Olympian — Tokyo gold and a Paris 2024 double gold — now rebuilding after 2025 surgery, with a home Games as the goal.
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