A total of 433 competitors competed for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. This was Australia's second largest Olympic contingent after the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, which include
Australian track cyclists Jack Bobridge, Anna Meares and Shane Kelly.
Australia's team just before the group stage match against Pakistan. Standing from the left: Abbott, Lambert, Kavanagh, Matheson, Guest, Ockenden, Brooks, Wells. Front row from the left: Brown, Dwyer, Hammond, George, Doerner, de Young, Schubert, Knowles.
Australia won the 470 class in both men's and women's competition. Pictured here are Elise Rechichi and Nathan Wilmot, the respective skippers.
Stephanie Rice
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Stephanie Louise Rice, is an Australian former competitive swimmer. She won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January
Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
…Network engaged in a "bidding war" to secure athletes, particularly gold medalists, for exclusive contracts to appear on their respective programs. Stephanie Rice signed a $800,000 two-year contract with Seven, and as a result withdrew (along with several other athletes) from being filmed for Nine's 60 Minutes…
Stephanie Rice
Rice at the Brisbane Olympic Homecoming Parade after 2008 Summer Olympics
Rice interviewed by local media in Wagga Wagga in January 2010.
Rice in 2012