Spotlight on Sport
Pymble has a proud sporting history, producing elite female athletes across a wide range of sports. We count many Pymble alumni and staff members as Olympians and Australian representatives.
As anticipation builds for the Paris Games, it is wonderful to reflect on Pymble’s sporting lineage and our special connections to the Olympics today and throughout history.
In a few short weeks, we will be setting our alarms to support Pymble Alumni, Kristie Edwards in sprinting, Mackenzie Little in javelin and Edwina Tops-Alexander in Equestrian, as well as Pymble staff Kurtis Mathews in diving and Lauren Jackson in basketball.
Pymble Olympians in Paris 2024
Kristie Edwards
Athletics – Sprinter
Pymble Alumni 2017
Mackenzie Little
Athletics – Javelin
Pymble Alumni 2014
Edwina Tops-Alexander
Equestrian
Pymble Alumni 1991
Kurtis Mathews
Diving
Pymble Staff, Head Coach Diving
Lauren Jackson
Basketball
Pymble Partner, Lauren Jackson Academy
Pymble‘s Proud Olympic History
Pymble athletes have been proudly representing Australia at the Olympic Games since 1912.
Danielle Scott
Winter Olympics Sochi 2014 | Pyeongchang 2018 | Beijing 2022
Penny Gillies (Staff)
Munich 1972 | Moscow 1980
Melissa Medlicott
Barcelona 1992
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor AM (Staff)
Barcelona 1992 | Atlanta 1996 | Sydney 2000
Melissa Mitchell-Gumley
Athens 2004
Mackenzie Little
Tokyo 2020 | Paris 2024
Susan Cope
Rome 1960 | Tokyo 1964
Brittany O’Brien
Rio 2016
Edwina Tops-Alexander
Beijing 2008 | London 2012 | Rio 2016 | Tokyo 2020 |
Paris 2024
Elizabeth Carlow
Winter Olympics Lake Placid 1980
Liane Tooth
Los Angeles 1984 | Seoul 1988 | Barcelona 1992 | Atlanta 1996
Tess Gerrand
London 2012
Genevieve Horton
Rio 2016
Chloe Dalton
Rio 2016
Mina Wylie (Staff)
Stockholm 1912
Graeme Brewer (Staff)
Moscow 1980
Read the latest…
Meet Kristie Edwards: Our Sprinting Sensation
Australia hasn’t fielded an Olympic team to compete in the women’s 4 x 100m relay since the Sydney Games in 2000. This is about to change in a few short weeks when Kristie will join her team-mates to race this event in Paris.
Australian Olympic Pathway School
Pymble Ladies’ College is proud to announce our official designation as an Australian Olympic Pathway school by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC). Pymble is the first independent school in Australia to become an Australian Olympic Pathway school.
Mina Wylie; an Olympic trailblazer and Pymble Coach
Mina Wylie is best known as the first Australian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games. Less well known is the determined fight that she and Australian teammate and close friend Fanny Durack, undertook to undertook to represent her country at the Olympic Games in 1912.
Meet Sarah
For Sarah Tian (Year 10), it’s a year in her life she will never forget, having recently spent a week in Brisbane at the 2024 Australian Swimming Trials racing against the nation’s best swimmers in an attempt to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games.
