d Coast
h Games
TOTAL ATHLETES
128 108
able-bodied
MALE
52%
FEMALE
male. Para-sport: 12 male,
T OF
SENTATION
• Total percentage of Queenslanders on the Australian team:
27,06% (128 of 473)
• Queensland’s able-bodied representatives: 108 of 414 (26.09% )
• Queensland’s para-sport representatives: 20 of 59 (33.90%)
AVERAGE AGE AGE SPAN
29 LYNNE SEYMOUR
YEARS
OLD
(22 years for able-bodied
and 35 years for para-sport
athletes)
STANDOUT
SPORTS
69
YEARS
OLD
Lawn Bowls (GOLD Open
B2/B3 Mixed Pairs)
STANDOUT
ATHLETE
CASON
&
oast
Commonwealth
Games
RINHAM
spread]
MARK KNOWLES
ONWEALTH
Australia won a total of
73 medals in swimming
(Games Record!). 51
of those were won by
Queenslanders.
S
QLD GOLD IN THE POOL
DS
Freestyle
Cate Campbell,
Shayna Jack,
16 6
INDIVIDUAL
GOLD RELAY
GOLD
79% of Australia’s gold medals in the
pool were won by Queensland athletes!
(Men’s Hockey)
Kookaburras Captain and
Australian Flag Bearer,
retiring his Green and
Gold jersey with his
4
324 th
th
KAYLEE MCKEOWN
16
YEARS
OLD
Swimming
AMOUNT
OF DEBUTS
87
(73 able-bodied and
14 para-sport athletes)
GAMES
RECORDS
13
consecutive
Commonwealth
Games Gold Medal
GAMES
RECORDS
10
2
in Swimming
(5 Individual, 5 Relay)
in Athletics
(Race Walking, Long Jump)
game for Australia
SOCIAL MEDIA
Of the 128 Queensland athletes
competing for Australia, 90
athletes won a Commonwealth
Games medal (70%)
para-sport
The QAS exceeded its key performance indicator of achieving
25% of athletes on national teams
ENTATION
48%
20
Total reach
62,700
44
posts
1
in Shooting
(Air Rifle)