SAD NEWS: Just Now; 15 Females Surfers Where involved in Air Plane Clash today in USA, 10 Survive and 5 Confirmed….

October 26, 2024 TERHIDE SOLO Uncategorized 0

SAD NEWS: Just Now; 15 Females Surfers Where involved in Air Plane Clash today in USA, 10 Survive and 5 Confirmed….

Olympic gold medallist Sally Pearson and surfing legend Mick Fanning have joined the absolute elite of Australian sport after confirmation of their elevation to the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Motorsport great Mark Skaife, former Kookaburras’ captain Mark Knowles, lawn bowls trailblazer Karen Murphy and dual-sport Paralympics champion Liesl Tesch are the other 2024 inductees joining a lengthy list reserved for only the greatest Australian sports people in history.

Pearson is one of only nine Australian women ever to win an Olympic track and field gold medal, netting gold in London in 2012 and silver in 2008 in the 100m hurdles as well as World Championship success in 2011 and 2017 as two Commonwealth Games titles.

Olympic gold medallist Sally Pearson and surfing legend Mick Fanning have joined the absolute elite of Australian sport after confirmation of their elevation to the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Motorsport great Mark Skaife, former Kookaburras’ captain Mark Knowles, lawn bowls trailblazer Karen Murphy and dual-sport Paralympics champion Liesl Tesch are the other 2024 inductees joining a lengthy list reserved for only the greatest Australian sports people in history.

Pearson is one of only nine Australian women ever to win an Olympic track and field gold medal, netting gold in London in 2012 and silver in 2008 in the 100m hurdles as well as World Championship success in 2011 and 2017 as two Commonwealth Games titles.

Fanning enters as a three-time world champion as part of an illustrious surfing career headlined by his encounter with a shark at J-Bay in South Africa in 2015.

Despite the shock incident, Fanning returned to the same waters the very next year and secured a famous victory to etch his name in Australian sporting folklore.

Fanning is already a member of the World Surfers’ Hall of Fame and Australian Surfing Hall of Fame and said he was pretty “flabbergasted” to be told of his elevation in to the SAHOF.