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Celebrating 20 years since the Sydney Olympic Games
Posted: 15 September 2020
On 15 September 20 years ago the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games were declared officially open by the Governor General Sir William Deane.
The games ran 15 September to 1 October 2000.
Of the 632 strong Australian team, 52 were our own Western Australian athletes competing in 21 sports.
We celebrate their Olympic success as they competed on the biggest sporting stage in the world.
20 years ago VenuesWest had four venues, today we have 13, supporting more high performance sports and more WA athletes as they strive to compete at the highest levels.
WA athletes competing at Sydney 2000:
Archery
Scott Hunter-Russell
Athletics
Susan Andrews
Paul Burgess
Emma George
Susan Hobson
Alison Inverarity
Dmitri Markov
Lauren Poetschka
Baseball
Clayton Byrne
Mark Ettles
Michael Moyle
Basketball
Ricky Grace
Luc Longley
Paul Rogers
Andrew Vlahov
Boxing
Daniel Green
Erle Wiltshire
Canoeing
Robin Bell
Amanda Simper
Cycling
Darryn Hill - bronze, men's team sprint
Henk Vogels Jnr
Fencing
Gerald McMahon
Football
Stan Lazaridis
Danny Milosevic
Kasey Wehrman
Tracey Wheeler
Gymnastics
Allana Slater
Hockey
Rechelle Hawkes - gold
Kate Starre - gold
Damon Diletti - bronze
Paul Gaudoin - bronze
Rowing
Stuart Reside
Sally Robbins
Sailing
Belinda Stowell - gold, women's 470
Shooting
Belinda Imgrund
Swimming
Rachel Harris
William Kirby - gold, men's 4 x 200m freestlye relay
Todd Pearson - bronze, men's 4 x 100m freestyle realay; gold, men's 4 x 200m freestlye relay
Jennifer Reilly
Taekwondo
Cynthia Cameron
Volleyball (Beach)
Annette Huygens-Tholen
Pauline Manser
Sarah Straton
Volleyball (Indoor)
Daniel Howard
Waterpolo
Bridgette Gusterson - gold
Kate Hooper - gold
Danielle Woodhouse - gold
Andrei Kovalenko
Tim Neesham
Weightlifting
Anthony Martin
Wrestling
Laszlo Kovacs