Logan’s Olympians
- Jason Day (Golf): The former World No.1 and 13-time PGA Tour winner,
attended Hills International College at Jimboomba. - Genevieve Gregson (Marathon): The Australian 3000m steeplechase record holder and finalist in the event in Tokyo (she ruptured an Achilles tendon and was unable to finish the event) has now switched to the marathon for what is her fourth Olympics. She grew up in Daisy Hill and attended John Paul College.
- Shayna Jack (Swimming): The sprint freestyle expert and world record relay swimmer first competed in the Greenbank State School 25-metre pool.
- Izaac Kennedy (BMX Racing): The world championship finalist first burst onto the BMX Racing scene as a teenage member of the Logan City BMX
Academy, based at Underwood Park in Priestdale. - Ashley Lau (Golf): The Malaysian professional and 2016 Australian junior championship runner-up and Victorian Open winner attended Hills International College at Jimboomba.
- Logan Martin (BMX Freestyle): The reigning Olympic champion grew up in Crestmead and helped design Doug Larsen BMX Park in Beenleigh.
- Ash Moloney (Decathlon): The bronze medallist in this event at the Tokyo Olympics is a product of Jimboomba Little Athletics club and was the 2018 Logan Sportsperson of the Year winner.
- Camryn Newton-Smith (Heptathlon): Australia’s first Olympics heptathlon competitor in 16 years was born in Logan, joined Jimboomba Little Athletics Club as a five-year-old and attended Park Ridge State High School.
- Mollie O’Callaghan (Swimming): The 2023 100m and 200m world champion and dual gold medallist in Tokyo began her swim career in the Greenbank
State School pool. - Samantha Schmidt (Para Discus): The Logan-born thrower holds the Australian Para records in discus, shot and javelin in her F38 class. Her throwing coach Ralph Newton is heptathlete Camryn Newton-Smith’s father and coach.
- Natalie Smith (Para Shooting): The Meadowbrook marksman is heading to her fourth Paralympics and will contest various distances in the women’s rifle
events. - Kristy Wallace (Basketball): The former Loganholme resident and John Paul College student now plays in the WNBA for Indiana Fever and is making her
Olympics debut after winning bronze with the Opals at the 2022 World Cup. - Angela Yu (Badminton): Attended John Paul College and trains at Sky Badminton Centre in Logan Central, which is owned and run by her parents Rosy Yang, who is an Olympic bronze medallist for China and Australia, and Ricky Yu who represented China and coached the Australian badminton team at the London 2012 Olympics.
Logan’s 2024 Paris Olympics TV Guide:
Women’s Badminton – Singles: 27 July – 2 August, Rounds 1-16; 3 August, 4.30pm, Quaterfinals; 4 August, 4.30pm, Semifinals; 5 August, 5.45pm, Finals.
Women’s Badminton – Doubles: 27 July – 31 July, Rounds; 1 August, 4.30pm, Quarterfinals; 2 August, 4.30pm, Semifinals; 3 August, 11pm, Finals.
Women’s Basketball: 29 July, 7pm, Australia vs Nigeria; 1 August, 9.30pm, Australia vs Canada; 5 August, 5am, Australia vs France. Quarter finals 7-8 August; Semi finals 10 August; Finals 11 August.
Men’s Cycling – Freestyle: 31 July, 10.44pm.
Men’s Cycling – Racing: 3 August, 5.35am.
Men’s Golf: 1-3 August, 5pm, Rounds 1-3; 4 August, 5pm, Final.
Women’s Golf: 7-9 August, 5pm, Rounds 1-3; 10 August, 5pm, Finals.
Women’s Heptathalon: 8 August, 6.05pm, 100m Hurdles; 7.05pm, High Jump. 9 August, 3.35am, Shotput; 4.55am, 200m; 6.05pm Long Jump; 7.20-8.30pm, Javelin. 10 August, 4.15am, 800m.
Women’s Marathon: 11 August, 4pm.
Women’s Swimming – Freestyle: 30 July, 7pm, Heats; 31 July, 5.25am, Semifinals; 1 August, 4.30am, Final.
Women’s Swimming – Relays: 27 July, 7pm, Freestyle 4x100m Heats; 28 July, 5.34am, Final. 1 August, 7pm, Freestyle 4x200m Heats; 2 August, 5.49am, Final.
Women’s Para Shooting: 30 August, 5-7.45pm, 10m AR Standing; 4 September, 12am, 50m Rifle 3 Position.
Women’s Para Archery: 3 September, 5-9.15pm, Recurve; 4 September, 1.30-3.14am, Quarterfinals and Finals.
Women’s Discus: 7 September, 3am, F38.
