We received votes from across the world in this poll. We asked folk to select ten men and ten women as the best Australian athletes of 1998. The compiled results saw pole vault world record holder Emma George, and 20 year old sprint sensation Matt Shirvington come out on top. Thanks to everyone who voted... and look out for a new poll soon.
No. |
Men |
Votes |
Women |
Votes |
1 |
Matt Shirvington |
292 |
Emma George |
249 |
2 |
Jagan Hames |
172 |
Joanna Stone |
222 |
3 |
Jai Taurima |
166 |
Louise McPaul |
195 |
4 |
Nick Ahern |
139 |
Debbie Sosimenko |
151 |
5 |
Steve Moneghetti |
135 |
Tania Van Heer |
113 |
6 |
Rohan Robinson |
125 |
Cathy Freeman |
110 |
7 |
Sean Creighton |
101 |
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |
90 |
8 |
Tim Forsyth |
99 |
Heather Turland |
90 |
9 |
Peter Burge |
93 |
Jane Jamieson |
76 |
10 |
Kyle Van Der Kuyp |
87 |
Nicole Boegman |
72 |
11 |
Stuart Rendell |
79 |
Nicki Carroll |
69 |
12 |
Scott Ferrier |
66 |
Jane Saville |
52 |
13 |
Casey Vincent |
63 |
Kate Anderson |
46 |
14 |
Andrew Currey |
57 |
Kerry Saxby-Junna |
43 |
15 |
Patrick Dwyer |
44 |
Lisa-Marie Viziniari |
43 |
16 |
Lee Troop |
43 |
Lauren Hewitt |
43 |
17 |
Steve Brimacombe |
37 |
Tamsyn Lewis |
41 |
18 |
Brendan Hanigan |
29 |
Alison Inverarity |
38 |
19 |
Greg Lyons |
27 |
Kylie Risk |
33 |
20 |
Duane Cousins |
21 |
Nova Peris-Kneebone |
31 |
21 |
Clay Cross |
21 |
Lisa Dick |
30 |
22 |
Aaron Neighbour |
20 |
Lee Naylor |
26 |
23 |
Nathan Deakes |
19 |
Anne Cross |
16 |
24 |
Darryl Wohlsen |
17 |
Susan Andrews |
8 |
25 |
Paul Burgess |
17 |
Liz Miller |
6 |
26 |
Zaid About Hamed |
12 |
Kerryn McCann |
4 |
27 |
Justin Anlezark |
12 |
Sharon Cripps |
3 |
28 |
Dom McGrath |
8 |
|
|
29 |
Dave Baxter |
8 |
|
|
30 |
Dave Evans |
5 |
|
|
31 |
Kim Gillard |
5 |
|
|
32 |
Holt Hardy |
4 |
|
|
33 |
Adrian Hatcher |
2 |
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Last updated - Jan.25, 1999. Number of voters:37
Thanks to our many voters from as far away as Finland, the UK, Canada and New Zealand.
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