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29/07/2016 Jake Bensted AUS Team Rio 2016 O 뱎cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Jake Bensted Athlete Biography With multiple Australian and Oceania Championships to his name along with a

Bensted was introduced to the sport by his uncle at the age of six and 㻁 rst represented his country when he was 15.

1 29/07/2016 Jake Bensted AUS Team Rio 2016 O 뱎cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Jake Bensted Athlete Biography With multiple Australian and Oceania Championships to his name along with a Commonwealth Games medal, 23-year-old Jake Bensted will get his chance at Olympic glory in Rio. Bensted was introduced to the sport by his uncle at the age of six and 㻁 rst represented his country when he was 15. He won his 㻁 rst of 㻁 ve straight junior national titles in 2010 and claimed his 㻁 rst senior national title in The -73kg 㻁 ghter won his 㻁 rst Oceania title in 2013, 㻁 nished second in 2014 before being selected for his Commonwealth Games debut later that year. Bensted made the semi- 㻁 nals before going down in a close 㻁 ght with eventual gold medallist Danny Williams of England. He bounced back to 㻁 nish with the bronze medal following a win over Scotland s Patrick Dawson. Needing to win both the 2015 and 2016 Oceania Championships to give himself a shot at automatic quali 㻁 cation for Rio, Bensted did just that. Having won the 2015 title he headed to the World Championships where he went down in his opening bout to eventual silver medallist Riki Nakaya of Japan. He started the Olympic year with a 㻁 fth place 㻁 nish in Tunisia and a seventh in Peru before going on to all but seal his debut Olympic appearance with a win over Gaston Lafon from French Polynesia in the 㻁 nal of the 2016 Oceania Championships. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Judo bensted 1/3

2 29/07/2016 Jake Bensted AUS Team Rio 2016 Fast Facts Sport Judo Status Selected Event/s 73kg Men Nickname The Snake Height 173 Weight 73 Age 22 Born Geelong, Australia, VIC Olympic Information Rio 2016 will be Olympic debut Recent Performances 1st Oceania Championships (Canberra, Australia) 7th Pan American Open (Lima, Peru) 1st ACT International Open (Canberra, Australia) 5th African Open (Tunis, Tunisia) 7th 2015 Oceania Open (Wollongong, Australia) Career Highlights Qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Winning bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Becoming a three time national champion Education Primary Chilwell Primary School (VIC, Australia) Secondary Belmont High School (VIC, Australia) Training Coach Dennis Iverson ( current) Club ijudo and Geelong YMCA Judo Club Primary Training Base Melbourne, Australia Secondary Training Base Geelong, Australia bensted 2/3

3 29/07/2016 Jake Bensted AUS Team Rio 2016 Q&A Favourite food Japanese Favourite music 80s and 90s Dream car Trans Am Personal Motto I can do this. Star Sign Pisces Tattoos/Piercings None If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Wrestling Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Matthias Steiner at the Beijing Olympics winning gold in the weightlifting First Olympic Memory? Nikki Webster singing at the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony Most In냚uential person in your career/life The Little Engine Who Could Why this sport? I love to 㻁 ght and can not kick a football very straight. bensted 3/3

29/07/2016 Eoin Coughlan AUS Team Rio 2016 O 䤀턃 cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Eoin Coughlan Athlete Biography -81kg 虂ghterط Eoin Coughlan will compete at his debut Olympic Games in

Coughlan won his 虂rstط junior national title in 2010 and after 虂nishingط as the runner up in his senior national championships debut he stood on the top of the podium a year later in the open

4 29/07/2016 Eoin Coughlan AUS Team Rio 2016 O 䤀턃 cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Eoin Coughlan Athlete Biography -81kg 虂ghterط Eoin Coughlan will compete at his debut Olympic Games in Rio after a consistent two years has seen him rise up the Olympic rankings. Coughlan won his 虂rstط junior national title in 2010 and after 虂nishingط as the runner up in his senior national championships debut he stood on the top of the podium a year later in the open competition. Having 虂nishedط with bronze and then silver in 2013 and 2014, Coughlan needed to win the two Oceania Championships leading into Rio to secure his Olympic debut. The 24-year-old did just that with his victory 2016 over Fijian Josateki Naulu all but sealing his spot on the Australian Team. Coughlan competed at his 虂rstط World Championships in He was awarded a 虂rstط round bye before going down to Portugal's Diogo Lima in a close clash that lasted the full 虂veط minutes. Eoin comes from a talented family of judokas with sisters Aoife and Maeve narrowly missing out on qualiط虂cation for Rio. 20-year-old Aoife has won Oceania Championships silver three times while at just 17 Maeve has achieved that feat twice. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Judo Fast Facts coughlan 1/3

5 29/07/2016 Eoin Coughlan AUS Team Rio 2016 Sport Judo Status Selected Event/s 81kg Men Nickname Owey Height 186 Weight 81 Age 24 Born Traralgon, VIC, Australia Olympic Information Rio will be Olympic debut Recent Performances 1st Oceania Championships (Canberra, Australia) 7th African Open (Tunis, Tunisia) 5th 2015 Oceania Open (Wollongong, Australia) 5th - Asian Open (Taipei, Taiwan) 3rd 2015 Australian Championships (Wollongong, Australia) Career Highlights Winning gold at the 2015 and 2016 Oceania Championships to help me secure Olympic qualiط虂cation. Finishing third at the 2014 Oceania Continental Open. Becoming the Australian champion in Education Primary St Gabriels Primary School (VIC, Australia) Secondary St Pauls Anglican Grammar School (VIC, Australia) Training Coach Daniel Kelly, Maria Pekli (2011-current) Club Resilience Training Centre (VIC, Australia) Institute/Academy Victorian Institute of Sport Primary Training Base Melbourne, Australia Secondary Training Base Senshi Academy coughlan 2/3

6 29/07/2016 Eoin Coughlan AUS Team Rio 2016 Q&A Favourite food Ribs Favourite music I'll listen to most things, but 90's and early 2000's pop is my jam Star Sign Aires I would spend my last $10 on Food Tattoos/Piercings Triskele on my right arm, to me it signiط虂es birth, life and death as a continuum Frangipani on my ribs in memory of Kara, my sister in everything but blood First Olympic Memory? Watching the Sydney Olympics when I was 8 Why this sport? My parents met through Judo and I was introduced to it at a very young age and had some natural talent (also non contact sports weren't really for me) coughlan 3/3

29/07/2016 Miranda Giambelli AUS Team Rio 2016 O cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Miranda Giambelli Athlete Biography Having competed for Italy up until 2013, Australian-born Miranda

She took up the sport at age eight after her dad wanted her to be able to defend herself.

7 29/07/2016 Miranda Giambelli AUS Team Rio 2016 O cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Miranda Giambelli Athlete Biography Having competed for Italy up until 2013, Australian-born Miranda Giambelli will wear the green and gold at her debut Games in Rio. Born in Canberra to an Italian father and Indonesian mother, Giambelli moved to Italy when she was six months old. She took up the sport at age eight after her dad wanted her to be able to defend herself. Having had success for the Italian team, the -78kg 䘀쐂 ghter 䘀쐂 rst thought about competing in 2012 and went on to compete in her 䘀쐂 rst Oceania Championship in Giambelli proved she had what it take to make the Rio Olympic Games winning her 䘀쐂 rst European Cup event in Bratislava in Soon after she won her 䘀쐂 rst Oceania Championship title in 2015 and claimed silver and bronze at two more European Cup events. A second Oceania Championship title to kick o 䘀䤃 2016 ensured she pushed inside the top 14 of the Olympic adjusted rankings to book her ticket to Rio. This ranking also allowed her to compete in her 䘀쐂 rst Masters event in Mexico, where despite going down in her opening bout, gave her the chance to study many of her potential Rio opponents. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Judo Fast Facts giambelli 1/3

8 29/07/2016 Miranda Giambelli AUS Team Rio 2016 Sport Judo Status Selected Event/s 78kg Women Nickname Miry Height 169 Weight 78 Age 24 Born Canberra, ACT, Australia Olympic Information Rio 2016 will be Olympic debut Recent Performances 9th Masters (Guadalajara, Mexico) 1st Oceania Championships (Canberra, Australia 2nd 2015 Oceania Open (Wollongong, Australia) 2nd European Cup (Sindel 䘀쐂 ngen, Germany) 2nd 2015 Australian Championships (Wollongong, Australia) Career Highlights Qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Winning the 2015 and 2016 Oceania Championship Winning gold at the 2014 Bratislava European Cup Education Tertiary Central Queensland University - Bachelor of Psychological Science Training Coach Diego Brambilla ( current) Club Isao Okano Club & USW judo club Primary Training Base Milan, Italy Secondary Training Base Sydney, Australia giambelli 2/3

9 29/07/2016 Miranda Giambelli AUS Team Rio 2016 Q&A Favourite food Pizza Favourite holiday destination Bali, because of my family Favourite music All of it, mostly pop and rap Dream car Audi A1 Star Sign Gemini I would spend my last $10 on Food Tattoos/Piercings 8 Tattoos, and not stopping here. Most important says "Stones and dirt for a long time, but you keep digging cause you know it, you're a gold mine" If I could try another Olympic sport it would be 100m Most In uential person in your career/life My coach Why this sport? Judo because my dad wanted me to be able to defend myself giambelli 3/3

29/07/2016 Katharina Haecker AUS Team Rio 2016 OLcial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Katharina Haecker Athlete Biography Katharina Haecker won her third straight Oceania Championship in

10 29/07/2016 Katharina Haecker AUS Team Rio 2016 OLcial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Katharina Haecker Athlete Biography Katharina Haecker won her third straight Oceania Championship in April, 2016 to help ensure she continued her rise up the rankings and booked her ticket to her debut Olympic Games in Rio. Born in Germany to an Australian father and a German mother, Haecker was introduced to the sport in Hamburg when she was six. Having been inspired by Yvonne Bönisch becoming the 倀茂 rst female Olympic Champion in Judo for Germany she began to dream of also winning Olympic gold. Haecker progressed through the ranks and after winning a number of junior international titles she took a break from the sport and spent a year in Australia. She returned to Germany, moved up a weight division from -57kg to -63kg and, despite it taking a little while to adjust, began to see the strong results return. She began 倀茂 ghting in Australia and got selected to represent the green and gold at the 2014 Oceania Championships which she went on to win. Haecker represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she went down in the 倀茂 ght for bronze against England s Faith Pitman. The Olympic year got o ࠃ倀 to a shaky start when she su ࠃ倀 ered an injury on the 倀茂 rst day of competition for the season. She was back at full 倀茂 tness in less than two months just in time for the Oceania Championships which proved crucial for her Rio 2016 quali 倀茂 cation. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Judo haecker 1/3

11 29/07/2016 Katharina Haecker AUS Team Rio 2016 Fast Facts Sport Judo Status Selected Event/s 63kg Women Nickname Kathi Height 172 Weight 63 Age 23 Born Hamburg, Germany Olympic Information Rio will be Olympic debut Recent Performances 9th Masters (Guadalajara, Mexico) 1st Oceania Championships (Canberra, Australia) 7th 2015 Tokyo Grand Slam (Tokyo, Japan) 2nd 2015 Oceania Open (Wollongong, Australia) 7th 2015 Budapest Grand Prix (Budapest, Hungary) Career Highlights Making my 倀茂 rst Olympic Games for Rio Becoming Oceania Champion in 2014, 2015 and Finishing 7th at the Tokyo Grand Slam. Education Tertiary Bachelor of Arts (Economics) - University of Hagen ( current) Training Coach Alexander Lüdeke (2012-current) Club TH Eilbeck (Hamburg, Germany), Resilience Training Centre (Melbourne, Australia) Institute/Academy Victorian Institute of Sport Primary Training Base Hamburg (Germany) Secondary Training Base Melbourne (Australia) haecker 2/3

12 29/07/2016 Katharina Haecker AUS Team Rio 2016 Q&A Favourite food Spaghetti Favourite holiday destination Australia, Mountains in Austria. Dream car BMW X6 Personal Motto Don t stop believing! Star Sign Leo I would spend my last $10 on ࠃCo倀 ee If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Boxing Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Yvonne Bönisch, 倀茂 rst german women in Judo to become Olympic Champion. First Olympic Memory? Yvonne Bönisch becoming olympic champion. Most Inuential person in your career/life My coach. Why this sport? The main reason I compete in judo is that I simply love this sport and the way of life. haecker 3/3

29/07/2016 Josh Katz AUS Team Rio 2016 O}cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Josh Katz Athlete Biography At 18 years and 220 days (at the time of the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony), Joshua Katz

13 29/07/2016 Josh Katz AUS Team Rio 2016 O}cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Josh Katz Athlete Biography At 18 years and 220 days (at the time of the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony), Joshua Katz will become Australia s youngest ever male judoka at an Olympic Games when he makes his debut at Rio. He is the fourth youngest Australian Olympian to compete in judo with 1972 Montreal Olympian Robin Moǀtt the youngest at 16 years and 164 days. A star in the junior ranks, Katz won the junior national championships in 2013 and 2014 and four straight junior Oceania Championships between In what was a breakout year, 2015 saw Katz win the junior and senior national titles and also claim the all-important senior Oceania title to signiǃcantly improve his chances of qualifying for Rio. He defended his Oceania title in 2016 to see him jump into the top 22 in the Olympic adjusted rankings and gain automatic qualiǃcation for Rio. He will head to the Games alongside older brother Nathan Katz. The duo will be Australia s ǃrst set of brothers to compete in judo at the same Games for Australia. Their mother Kerrye competed at the Seoul 1988 Olympics when judo was a demonstration sport while their father Robert was a coach on that Team. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Judo Fast Facts katz 1/3

14 29/07/2016 Josh Katz AUS Team Rio 2016 Sport Judo Status Selected Event/s 60kg Men Nickname Katzy Height 167 Weight 60 Age 18 Born Baulkham Hills, NSW, Australia Lives Northmead, NSW, Australia Olympic Information Rio will be Olympic debut Recent Performances 1st Oceania Championships (Canberra, Australia) 5th Pan American Open (Lima, Peru) 3rd African Open (Tunis, Tunisia) 7th 2015 Oceania Open (Wollongong, Australia) 1st 2015 Australian Championships (Wollongong, Australia) Career Highlights Qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Winning bronze at the 2016 Tunisia African Open Winning gold at the 2015 and 2016 Oceania Championships Education Primary Northmead Primary School (NSW, Australia) Secondary William Clarke College (NSW, Australia) Tertiary Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science/Bachelor of Sports Management - University of Canberra ( current) Training Coach Rob & Kerrye Katz ( current) & Luke Preston ( current) Club Camberley Judo Club & Budokan Judo Club Primary Training Base Camberley, England katz 2/3

15 29/07/2016 Josh Katz AUS Team Rio 2016 Secondary Training Base Sydney, Australia Q&A Superstition/s Same routine walking out before each ǃght at every competition Favourite food Pizza and Ice-cream Favourite holiday destination Miami Malaysia Favourite music Fuse ODG Dream car Lamborghini Personal Motto I am a champion Star Sign Capricorn I would spend my last $10 on Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Tennis Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Tadahiro Nomura - 3 x Olympic Judo Champion (U/60kg) First Olympic Memory? Sydney 2000 Opening Ceremony Most Inzuential person in your career/life My brother Nathan Why this sport? The lessons and skills learnt in both training and competition are very rewarding and the success achieved brings more fulǃlment than any other sport katz 3/3

29/07/2016 Nathan Katz AUS Team Rio 2016 O 뱎cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Nathan Katz Athlete Biography Nathan Katz will get the chance to make his Olympic debut in Rio after two

After initially believing Tokyo 2020 was more realistic, he announced himself as a strong contender to make the Rio Team by winning both the junior and senior titles.

16 29/07/2016 Nathan Katz AUS Team Rio 2016 O 뱎cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Nathan Katz Athlete Biography Nathan Katz will get the chance to make his Olympic debut in Rio after two strong years which has seen him claim back-to-back -66kg Oceania Championships. Having won three straight national junior titles between , Katz won the junior Oceania Championship in After initially believing Tokyo 2020 was more realistic, he announced himself as a strong contender to make the Rio Team by winning both the junior and senior titles. He secured his 䘀쐂rst top ten at World Championship level when he 䘀쐂nished 9th at the 2015 junior World Championships in Abu Dhabi. He kept up his strong form at the Tokyo Grand Slam in late 2015 when he upstaged many of his more fancied rivals to claim 7th. With signi䘀쐂cant Olympic ranking points on o䘀䤃er, Katz secured his second Oceania Championship in The 21-year-old defeated New Caledonian David Mai to all but seal his spot on his debut Olympic Team. He will head to the Games alongside older brother Nathan Katz. The duo will be Australia s 䘀쐂rst set of brothers to compete in judo at the same Games for Australia. Their mother Kerrye competed at the Seoul 1988 Olympics when judo was a demonstration sport while their father Robert was a coach on that Team. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Judo katz 1/3

17 29/07/2016 Nathan Katz AUS Team Rio 2016 Fast Facts Sport Judo Status Selected Event/s 66kg Men Age 21 Born Fitzroy, VIC, Australia Olympic Information Rio will be Olympic debut Recent Performances 9th - World Masters (Guadalajara, Mexico) 1st Oceania Championships (Canberra, Australia) 7th 2015 Tokyo Grand Slam (Tokyo, Japan) 7th 2015 Oceania Open (Wollongong, Australia) 1st 2015 Sydney Open (Sydney, Australia) Career Highlights Winning back-to-back Oceania Championships in to help secure Rio 2016 quali 䘀쐂 cation. Claiming my 䘀쐂 rst top ten World Championships result when I was 9th at the 2015 Junior World Championships. Placing 7th at the 2015 Tokyo Grand Slam. Education Primary Northmead Primary School, NSW, Australia Secondary William Clarke College, NSW, Australia Tertiary Bachelor of Sport Business - ACPE (2015-current) Training Coach Rob & Kerrye Katz ( current) & Luke Preston ( current) Club Budokan Judo Club, Castle Hill, Sydney, Australia + Camberley Judo Club (UK) katz 2/3

18 29/07/2016 Nathan Katz AUS Team Rio 2016 Primary Training Base Camberley, England Secondary Training Base Sydney, Australia Q&A Superstition/s Exact same routine as i walk onto the competition mat at any competition. Favourite food Steak or a Big Breakfast Favourite holiday destination Malaysia or Miami Dream car Lamborghini Huracan Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Derek Redmund 1992 Olympics & Jae Bum Kim London 2012 (Korea) Why this sport? Born into it through my Mum and Dad. Obsessed with it since I was a kid and I've never looked back. katz 3/3

29/07/2016 Chloe Rayner AUS Team Rio 2016 O 㼝蒁 cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Chloe Rayner Athlete Biography Chloe Rayner s dominance in the -48kg division over the past four years

Rayner was born in Essex in the United Kingdom and took up judo three months before moving to Australia at the age of nine.

19 29/07/2016 Chloe Rayner AUS Team Rio 2016 O 㼝蒁 cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Chloe Rayner Athlete Biography Chloe Rayner s dominance in the -48kg division over the past four years will pay o in the form of her Olympic debut in Rio. The pocket-rocket has claimed the past 氦翩 ve Oceania Championships and also won the three National Championships she contested between Rayner was born in Essex in the United Kingdom and took up judo three months before moving to Australia at the age of nine. She secured a spot on the Commonwealth Games Team for the 2014 Glasgow Games. After going down in the semi- 氦翩 nals, Rayner showed her resolve by bouncing back to win the bronze medal after defeating Marcelle Monabang of Cameroon. After surgery midway through 2015 she came back better than ever. In what proved to be crucial to her Rio quali 氦翩 cation, Rayner 氦翩 nished 氦翩 fth in the African Open in late 2015 before claiming the 2016 Oceania title in golden point over New Zealand s Emma Rouse. Having just missed out on securing an automatic quali 氦翩 cation via Olympic adjusted rankings, Rayner secured Australia s additional continental quota to book her ticket to Rio. All copy on this page is copyright Australian Olympic Committee. Do not reproduce without permission. Judo Fast Facts rayner 1/3

29/07/2016 Chloe Rayner AUS Team Rio 2016 Sport Judo Status Selected Event/s 48kg Women Age 19 Born Billericay, Essex, United Kingdom Lives WINDAROO, QLD, Australia Associated Olympians

Winning the Oceania Championship 氦翩 ve times running from 2012-2016 Education Secondary Trinity College (QLD, Australia) Training Coach Stewert Brain, Toshi Nakamura, Rob Katz Club Ohori

20 29/07/2016 Chloe Rayner AUS Team Rio 2016 Sport Judo Status Selected Event/s 48kg Women Age 19 Born Billericay, Essex, United Kingdom Lives WINDAROO, QLD, Australia Associated Olympians Katharina Haecker Nathan Katz Josh Katz Eoin Coughlan MORE Career Highlights Making my 氦翩 rst Olympic Games for Rio Winning bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Winning the Oceania Championship 氦翩 ve times running from Education Secondary Trinity College (QLD, Australia) Training Coach Stewert Brain, Toshi Nakamura, Rob Katz Club Ohori Judo Club (Gumdale, QLD)& Budokan Judo Club (Castle Hill, NSW) Primary Training Base Brisbane, Australia Secondary Training Base Sydney, Australia Q&A rayner 2/3

21 29/07/2016 Chloe Rayner AUS Team Rio 2016 Favourite holiday destination Maldives Dream car White Range Rover Star Sign Virgo I would spend my last $10 on Food If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Diving Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? When Steven Bradbury won gold at 2002 Winter Olympics Most In 訡뢑 uential person in your career/life My mother and sister Why this sport? My dad and his brother did the sport when they were kids and my dad decided that he wanted to throw me in and see how I'd do. I instantly fell in love with the sport and showed natural talent and I've never looked back. rayner 3/3

O 䘀朄 cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team. Louise Bawden

27/07/2016 Louise Bawden AUS Team Rio 2016 O 䘀朄 cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team Louise Bawden Athlete Biography Sixteen years after her Olympic debut in Sydney, Louise Bowden will make her