MEMORABLE MOMENTS: 11 TO 30
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11. TIM HORAN
Horan (see No.10) helps Australia to victory in the 1999 Rugby World Cup, his second.
12. RACHAEL TILLY
American Tilly (class of 2018, studying Bachelor of Sport Management) wins the 2015 world longboard title at 17, becoming the youngest ever surfer to win a world championships.
13. ALEX GRAHAM
Graham (class of 2015, Bachelor of Sports Management) wins a world championship as part of the Australian men’s 4x200m freestyle team in 2019.
14. HARRIET BROWN
Brown (class of 2009, Bachelor of Exercise Science) claims world ironwoman championship in 2016.
15. HARRIET BROWN
Brown becomes the first woman to break the five-hour barrier in Molokai 2 Oahu endurance paddle race.
16. ANNABELLE WILLIAMS
Williams (class of 2007, Bachelor of Laws) wins gold in the 4x100m medley relay at 2012 London Paralympics.
17. SHANNON ECKSTEIN
Eckstein (class of 2018, Graduate Certificate of Valuation and Property Development) wins his sixth world ironman title in 2016. He won the Australian ironman championship eight times in a 20-year career.
18. MADELINE GROVES
Groves (class of 2015, Bachelor of Laws) wins silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics, missing gold by just .03sec in the women’s 200m butterfly.
19. MINNA ATHERTON
Atherton (class of 2018, studying Bachelor of Biomedical Science) breaks the shortcourse world record in 100m backstroke in 2019, becoming the first woman to breach the 55-second barrier.
20. KY HURST
Hurst (class of 2006, Bachelor of Property and Sustainable Development) wins national ironman championship.
21. ANDREW BAILDON
Baildon (class of 1989, Bachelor of Communication – Business) becomes the first Commonwealth athlete to break the 50-second barrier in the 100m freestyle on his way to gold at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games.
22. MICHAEL MURPHY
Murphy (class of 1997, Bachelor of Commerce) claims gold in the 10m platform, the 3m springboard and wins a silver in the 1m springboard at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
23 ELIJAH WINNINGTON
Winnington (class of 2018, studying Bachelor of Business) helps Australia to gold alongside Bond teammate Alex Graham in the men’s 4x200m freestyle at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
24. DANIEL KOWALSKI
Kowalski (class of 1994, Bachelor of Health Sciences — Sports Management) wins silver at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in the 1500m freestyle.
25. DANIEL BELCHER
Belcher (class of 1999, Bachelor of Laws) wins sailing 470 men’s class world title with brother Mat in 2000.
26. GEORGIA INGLIS
Inglis (class of 2019, studying Master of Occupational Therapy) wins the 2019 US national wheelchair basketball championship with Uni of Alabama.
27. CHRIS ATKINSON
Atkinson (class of 1998, Bachelor of Commerce) wins the 2012 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship.
28. SOLOMON WRIGHT
Wright (class of 2015, Bachelor of Laws) breaks a 70-year record on the way to his prestigious Rottnest Challenge swimming victory in 2018.
29. JENNA STRAUCH
Strauch (class of 2017, Bachelor of Biomedical Science) breaks three consecutive national breaststroke records at Uni Championships in 2019.
30. DRAGONBOAT
Bond University developed a reputation in the mid-1990s as a dragonboat juggernaut, claiming three consecutive mixed national titles.