Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124 Page 125 Page 126 Page 127 Page 128 Page 129 Page 130 Page 131 Page 132 Page 133 Page 134 Page 135 Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Page 150 Page 151 Page 152 Page 153 Page 154 Page 155 Page 156 Page 157 Page 158 Page 159 Page 160 Page 161 Page 162 Page 163 Page 16431 31 World champions One of the measures of Australia’s performance on the international stage is the number of world champions Australia has across a range of benchmark events.1 Australia’s Winning Edge sets a target of more than 20 world champions annually. Between July 2015 and June 2016, Australia had 15 able bodied athletes or teams and 24 Paralympic athletes or teams crowned as world champions.2 A further five able bodied athletes and four Paralympic athletes who won world championships in 2014–15 continue to be the reigning world champions where their sports have not held benchmark events during the reporting period. Table 1: 2015–16 World champions Sport Athlete Event Canoe/kayak — slalom Jessica Fox World Championships — Women’s C1 Canoe/kayak — slalom Womens Team (Jessica Fox, Alyson Borrows, Rosalyn Lawrence) World Championships — Women’s C1 Team Canoe/kayak — sprint Lachlan Tame/Ken Wallace World Championships — K2 500 Canoe/kayak — sprint Ken Wallace World Championships — K1 5000 Cycling — BMX Caroline Buchanan World Championships — Time Trial Cycling — track Sam Welsford, Michael Hepburn, Miles Scotson and Callum Scotson World Championships — Men’s Team Pursuit Cycling — track Rebecca Wiasak World Championships — 3km Individual Pursuit Netball Diamonds World Cup — Women Rowing Kim Brennan (nee Crow) World Championships — Women’s Single Scull Sailing Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan World Championships — Men’s 470 Shooting Ben Emms World Championships — 2015 World Long Range Championships 1. Benchmark events include the world championship event or equivalent for: all Olympic and Paralympic disciplines; non Olympic disciplines in Foundation sports; and peak events for other able bodied Australia’s Winning Edge sports. 2. Where an athlete is crowned world champion in multiple events or disciplines the athlete is only counted once for the purpose of the Australia’s Winning Edge target.