SportAccord is coming to the Gold Coast
International conference, SportAccord, is coming to Australia for the first time.
Conference
Queensland
2018 Sports Awards Finalist and Hall of Fame Inductees
Who made the Sport Awards Finalists List? Who are the 2018 Hall of Famers? Find out!
Queensland Sport Awards
Hall of Fame
Mr Roy 'Chook' Fowler
A professional boxer at 14, a drover during the Great Depression, a gunner in the Australian Army in World War Two and later a professional wrestler, he suffered a brain haemorrhage at 42.
Hall of Fame
Mr Robbie McEwen AM
The green jersey is part of Tour de France folklore, introduced to the world famous cycling race in 1953 for the winner of the overall points classification and the sprint cyclist's ultimate treasure.
Hall of Fame
Ms Pam O'Neill
Growing up near Eagle Farm Racecourse with racing in her blood, she desperately wanted to be a jockey but there was a problem...women were banned.
Hall of Fame
Ms Glynis Nunn OAM
For two days in August 1984 she ran and jumped and threw. Then she ran and jumped and threw some more. And ran some more again. It all came down to 2.5 seconds. The difference between Olympic gold and sporting immortality...and not.
Hall of Fame
Legend
Mr Barry Dancer
The "Kookaburra Curse' lasted 48 years from the national men's hockey team's Olympic debut in Melbourne in 1956.
Hall of Fame