MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia named Alisa Camplin, the nation’s first female winter Olympic gold medallist, as chef de mission for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games on Wednesday.
Camplin won Australia’s second winter gold medal when she claimed the aerial skiing title at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City and took bronze in the event four years later in Turin.
The 49-year-old replaces Geoff Lipshut who oversaw a record haul of four medals at the 2022 Beijing Games.
Camplin’s appointment follows on from another athlete leading the delegation at the summer Games in Paris.
Former track cycling champion Anna Meares was Australia’s chef de mission at Paris where the team took a national record 18 gold medals.
(Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
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