Popular Sports and athletes
Sporting endeavors are incredibly vital to Australian life and culture. Their top 5 sports consist of the Australian Football League, AFL, which is a mix between rugby and US football. Next would be the NRL, the National Rugby League. Following that would be cricket continued on by soccer and finishing up with horse racing. Surfing and running are important sports and hobbies for Australians (World of Sports, 2012).
Some of the most famous Australian athletes include Shane Warne, cricketer, best known for his creative spins; Ian Thorpe, the Thorpedo, winner of 5 Olympic Gold Metals in swimming; Susie O’Neill, another Olympic gold-metalist swimmer; Tim Cahill, “Tiny Tim” as he is known to his fans is a very popular soccer player; Greg Norman, ranked number one in golf for 331 consecutive weeks; David Campese, overly confident rugby star who is now retired; Donald Bradman, he is regarded as one of the best athletes of all time in cricket; Cathy Freeman, the Aboriginal track and field star of the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the face inspiration to athletes everywhere (Haywood, 2010).
Some of the most famous Australian athletes include Shane Warne, cricketer, best known for his creative spins; Ian Thorpe, the Thorpedo, winner of 5 Olympic Gold Metals in swimming; Susie O’Neill, another Olympic gold-metalist swimmer; Tim Cahill, “Tiny Tim” as he is known to his fans is a very popular soccer player; Greg Norman, ranked number one in golf for 331 consecutive weeks; David Campese, overly confident rugby star who is now retired; Donald Bradman, he is regarded as one of the best athletes of all time in cricket; Cathy Freeman, the Aboriginal track and field star of the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the face inspiration to athletes everywhere (Haywood, 2010).