31 Interschools Athletes Selected on the Australian Winter Olympic Team

Congratulations to the 31 athletes selected on the Australian Winter Olympic Team who have previously competed in the Interschools Snowsport Championships — with some still proudly representing their schools today.

For thousands of students, Interschools has been the gateway to competitive skiing and snowboarding, igniting a lifelong passion for snowsports and opening pathways to high-performance success. 

With 15 former Interschools competitors set to make their Olympic debut in Milano-Cortina, we can now say that 106 Australian Olympians and Paralympians began their competitive journeys through the Interschools Snowsport Championships.

Interschools athletes making their Olympic Debut

• Phoebe Heaydon – Alpine (Reddam House, Vail Mountain School)
• Madison Hoffman (Newport Public School)
• Maddie Hooker – Moguls (St Catherines)
• Phoebe Cridland – Cross Country (SCEGGS Darlinghurst)
• Rosie Fordham – Cross Country (Abbotsleigh)
• Indra Brown – Freeski Halfpipe (Loreto Toorak)
• Daisy Thomas – Freeski Slopestyle/Big Air (Redlands)
• Kyra Wheatley – Ski Cross (Pymble Ladies College)
• Charlotte Wilson – Moguls (PLC Sydney, Snowy Mountains Grammar School)
• Emma Bosco – Moguls (PLC Sydney)
• George Murphy - Moguls (Redlands)
• Lara Hamilton – Ski Mo (Wenona)
• Abbey Wilson – Snowboard Cross (PLC Sydney Snowy Mountains Grammar School)
• Ally Hickman – Snowboard Slopestyle/Big Air (St Clare’s College, Waverly)
• Mia Clift – Snowboard Cross (Carey Baptist Grammar School)

1st Row Left to Right - Madison Hoffman competing for Newport PS in 2012, Charlotte Wilson competing in the Cross Country for Snow Mountains Grammar in 2013, Jakara Anthony competing for Christian College Geelong in 2008

Second Row Left to Right - Josie Baff  competing in the Alpine with her Jindabyne Central School team in 2019, Valentino Guseli on the podium at Interschools.

Charlotte Wilson being presented her Interschools Moguls medal by Matt Graham. 

Kyra Wheatley (back row) competing with the Pymble Ladies College snowsports team.

Former Interschools Returning Olympians

Alpine

• Harry Laidlaw (Mansfield / Mt Buller PS, Carey Baptist Grammar)

Cross Country

• Hugo Hinckfuss (The Scots College)
• Seve de Campo (Melbourne Grammar)

Aerials

• Laura Peel (Narrabundah College, Merici, Telopea Park)

Moguls

• Cooper Woods (Pambula PS, Lumen Christi Catholic College, Jindabyne Central School - winter student)
• Jakara Anthony (Christian College Geelong)
• Matt Graham (Central Coast Grammar)

Ski Mo

• Phil Bellingham (Mt Beauty Secondary College)

Snowboard Cross

• Josie Baff (Jindabyne Central School)
• Cameron Bolton (Melbourne Grammar)
• Adam Lambert (Jindabyne Central School)
• Jarryd Hughes (International Grammar, The Scots College, Redlands)

Snowboard Halfpipe

• Emily Arthur (St John Bosco)
• Valentino Guseli (Red Hill PS, Narooma PS, Narooma HS)
• Scotty James (Southwood BGS)

Snowboard Slopestyle/Big Air

• Tess Coady (St Michaels Grammar)

View the full list of 106 Interschools Olympians and Paralympians