Who was the first Australian Aboriginal Olympic champion?

Indigenous Australian medallists
Samantha Riley (1992 & 1996- bronze; 1996- silver, swimming)
Cathy Freeman (1996- silver; 2000- gold, athletics)
Baeden Choppy (1996- bronze, hockey)
Nova Peris (1996- gold, hockey)
Stacey Porter (2004- silver; 2008- bronze, softball)
Desmond Abbott (2008- bronze, hockey)
Rohanne Cox (2008- silver, basketball)
Joel Carroll (2012 - bronze, hockey)
Taliqua Clancy (2020 - silver, beach volleyball)
Patty Mills (2020 - bronze, basketball)
Ash Barty (2020 - bronze, Tennis - mixed doubles)

Her unwavering dedication to hockey paid off, and in 1996 she attended the Atlanta Olympics with the Australian Hockeyroos. In the final game they faced South Korea, winning 3-1, and Peris became the first Aboriginal person to win an Olympic gold medal.

Nova Peris became the first Aboriginal to win an Olympic gold medal when she was a member of victorious Hockeyroos in Atlanta 1996. She also become the first Mother to be a gold medalist for Australia since Shirley Strickland in 1956.