Ten Australian Medallists at Paris 2024 Quiz

Jessica Fox, born in Marseille, France, in 1994, is a dual citizen of Australia and France. She won gold in the C1 slalom at Tokyo 2020, as well as silver (K1) at London 2012 and bronze (K1) at Rio 2016. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Fox added another remarkable chapter to her career. Competing in both the K1 and C1 slalom events, she secured gold in the K1 with a flawless final run of 96.08 seconds, outperforming Klaudia Zwolińska (Poland) and Kimberley Woods (Great Britain).

In the K1 event, she won another gold ahead of Elena Lilik (Germany) and Evy Leibfarth (USA).

Born in Perth in 1995, Matthew Wearn is a Laser class sailor. He won gold in the Laser event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, plus multiple World Championship podium finishes. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, he successfully defended his Olympic title in the Laser class. Racing in challenging conditions off the coast of Marseille, he dominated the fleet to take gold with a race to spare.

He finished ahead of silver medallist Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus and bronze medallist Stefano Peschiera of Peru.

Chris Burton, born in Toowoomba in 1989, is an equestrian who specialises in eventing but also competed in dressage, cross-country and showjumping. He won team bronze at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and individual success at various World Cup events. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, he competed in the individual eventing competition, demonstrating his versatility and endurance in all three disciplines.

He won a silver medal, with gold going to Germany's Michael Jung and bronze to Great Britain's Laura Collett.

The result further established Burton as one of Australia's leading equestrians.

Mollie O'Callaghan, born in South Brisbane in 2004, is an Australian swimmer who won gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as part of the women's 4x100m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay teams. O'Callaghan has also won numerous medals at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games.

Shen added to her impressive medal haul at the Paris 2024 Games with five medals: three golds in the 200m individual freestyle, 4x100m freestyle and 4x200m freestyle relays, a silver in the 4x100m medley and a bronze in the 4x100m mixed medley.

She was the most decorated Australian at Paris 2024.

Nina Kennedy, born in Busselton, Western Australia, in 1997, is a world-class pole vaulter. She made her mark with a bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene. This was followed by a gold medal at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest.

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she cleared 4.90m on her first attempt, to take gold, just ahead of Katie Moon of the USA, who took silver with a height of 4.85 metres. Bronze went to Canada's Alysha Newman, who also cleared 4.85 metres.

Matthew Ebden, born in Perth in 1987, is a professional tennis player. Specialising in doubles in his later years, Ebden has won several titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2022 Wimbledon Men's Doubles Championship with Max Purcell and the 2024 Australian Open with India's Rohan Bopanna.

He also won the mixed doubles at the 2013 Australian Open with Australian Jarmila Gajdosová. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, he competed in the men's doubles alongside John Peers. The Australian duo reached the final with five consecutive straight-set wins, where they beat Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram (USA) in three sets 6-7, 7-6, 10-8.

Born in Camperdown, Victoria, in 1992, Grace Brown is a professional road cyclist known for her strength in time trials and hilly one-day races. She had represented Australia at several world championships with notable victories in prestigious races such as the Brabantse Pijl and stages of the Giro Donne.

She won the silver medal in the individual time trial at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she excelled in the women's individual time trial, securing the gold medal.

She completed the course in 39:38.24, more than 1:30 ahead of her rivals. The silver medal went to Anna Henderson of Great Britain, while the bronze went to Chloé Dygert (USA).

Penny Smith, born in Geelong, Victoria, in 1995, is a sports shooter specialising in trap events. She has represented Australia at international competitions and won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the women's trap pairs event; plus podium finishes at World Cups.

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she competed in the women's trap event and won the bronze medal. She hit 32 targets in the final. Gold went to Adriana Ruano of Guatemala and silver to Italian shooter Silvana Stanco.

Born in Bradford, England in 2001, Charlie Senior emigrated to Perth, Western Australia at the age of two. Initially a dancer, he switched to boxing at the age of eleven. He won three national junior championships and the Australian amateur title and then represented Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, although his run ended in the round of 16.

In 2023, he won the gold medal at the Pacific Games in Honiara, which qualified him for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Competing in the 57kg featherweight division at the Paris Olympics, he won a bronze medal.

He defeated Vasile Usturoi (Belgium) in the round of 16 and followed that up with a win over Carlo Paalam (Philippines) in the quarter-finals. His journey ended in the semi-finals where he lost to Abdumalik Khalokov of Uzbekistan.

Maddison Keeney was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1996 and grew up in Perth WA. She made her Olympic debut at Rio 2016, winning a bronze medal in the 3m springboard synchronised event. She had won multiple gold, silver and bronze medals at various World Championships.

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she competed in the 3m individual springboard and scored consistently high on all her dives to secure the silver medal, behind Chen Yiwen from China.