Speed, skill, technique and crisp white snow; the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics delivered adrenaline and heart stopping action. With the most medals won by Australia in the Winter Olympics yet, it is our most successful Games. So who are our Olympic Medallists?
Jakara Anthony – Women’s Freestyle Ski Dual Moguls – Gold
Jakara Anthony, 27 years old, was born in 1998 in Cairns and went to highschool in Geelong.
She’s attended 3 Olympics, Pyeongchang 2018, Beijing 2022 and the Milano Cortina 2026. She has ousted Jacqui Cooper with 26 World Cup victories to become Australia’s top champion of freestyle skiing.
She studying exercise and sport science at Deakin University, and was awarded Medal of the Order of Australia in 2022 for service to the sport after her Olympic win.
She started skiing at the age of 4, and joined Team Buller Riders at Mt. Buller by the age of 11, competing on the snow while attending school.
At the Milano Cortina she competed in the women’s single moguls and the dual moguls. Placing 8th in the single, she fought back and claimed gold in the dual moguls.
Josie Baff – 23 – Women’s Snowboard Cross – Gold
Josie Baff was born in 2003 and was the Youth Olympic Champion in 2020, perfoming in her first Olympic Winter games at Beijing in 2022.
She competed at Lausanne in 2020 in the Winter Youth Olympic Games, winning the women’s snowboard cross.
With 16 World Cup wins and podiums under her belt, she was ranked 2nd in the world leading up to the Milano Cortina.
She grew up in Jindabyne, learning to ski at the Snowy Mountains, St Mortiz and Mammoth, and was awarded the New South Wales Institute of Sport Scholarship in 2018. In 2020, she joined the Sport Australian Hall of Fame Scholarship and Mentoring Program, along with Susie O’Neill.
Cooper Woods – 25 – Men’s Freestyle Ski Moguls – Gold
Cooper Woods delivered a sensational run at the Olympic Games Milano Cortina to claim gold in the Freestyle Skiing Men’s Single Moguls, with a score of 83.71.
Having competed at Beiijing 2022, the Milano Cortina was Cooper’s second Winter Olympics.
Cooper grew up in Winter Sports, with his mother former aerial skier Katrina Woods and his uncle national team coach Peter Topalovic, while Cooper himself began mogul skiing at 11. He is currently studying a Bachelor of Commerce,
Competing in the World Cup finals in 2020-2021, he placed 15th, and in the World Cup at Deer Valley he placed fifth place, prior to the Winter Olympics in Beijing 2022.
In 2024, Cooper achieved silver in the United States at the World Cup, and in 2025-2026 World Cup he came in at 9th at Ruka.
The gold in Milano Cortina is Coopers first Olympic medal.
Scotty James – 31 – Men’s Snowboard Half Pipe – Silver
Born in Melbourne in 1994, the Milano Cortina is Scotty James’s 4th Olympics, having competed in Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022.
Growing up in Warrandyte, Victoria, he attended the Victoria Insitute of Sport. He raced the Europa Cups at 14, and became the youngest male to compete at Vancouver 2010 at 16 years old. At PyeongChang 2018 he was the Opening Ceremony flag bearer, where he won bronze. This was followed by silver in Beijing 2022.
In the World Cup before the Milano Cortina, he won the Laax Open in Switzerland. In the X Games superpipe he won gold. He is a four-time World Halfpipe Champion.
In 2023 Scotty married and in 2024 he became a dad. He currently calls Monaco home.
Matthew Graham – Men’s Freestyle Ski Moguls – Bronze
Matthew Graham has attended 3 Olympic Games prior to the Milano Cortina, including Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022. Winning silver at PyeongChang, he has added a bronze medal at the Milano Cortina in the men’s freestyle ski moguls to his banner.
His hometown Gosford, he grew up on the New South Wales Central Coast, and entered the New South Wales Institute of Sport program at 13. He made his debut at the World Cup in Deer valley at 16.
In 2016 he was named Ski and Snowboard Australia Athlete of the year and after repeat successes, won silver at the 2019 World Championship. 2021 he was awarded the Crystal Globe and was the number one ranked men’s mogul skier. He moved on to win another silver in the 2021 World Championships at Almaty. He has ten national titles and five World Championship medals.
He suffered a broken collarbone in December 2021 in a training accident and underwent surgery, but recovered to compete in Beijing 2022.
He has studied civil engineering and business at the University of Newcastle and had his family watching from the sidelines as he competed at the Milano Cortina.
Danielle Scott – Women’s Aerials – Silver
Danielle Scott first started as a gymnast, receiving an Australian Institute of Sport Scholarship at 7, the youngest Australian gymnast to do so. Born in 1990, at 13 she made the decision move to aerial skiing, and was awarded the International Ski Federation Rookie of the Year honours in 2012.
She is a four time Olympic champion, having attended Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018, Beijing 2022 and now the Milano Cortina 2026.
In 2019 Danielle suffered a knee injury during training, and took a year to heal her injuries.
At the end of the Milano Cortina 2026 she joined Cooper Woods as a flag bearer in the closing ceremony.
She has trained at the Geoff-Henke Olympic Winter Training Centre in Brisbane, and has completed a Bachelor of Communications, majoring in Public Relations and Screen Studies.
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