We’re incredibly proud to share that 25 current and former Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship holders have been selected to represent Australia at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Join us in getting behind these outstanding athletes as they compete on the world stage from 23 July to 2 August.

Nya Hayman is set to make her Commonwealth Games debut in Glasgow 2026, arriving off the back of gold (snatch) and silver (clean & jerk) at the Oceania Senior Championships, and Jye Dixon will also make his Commonwealth Games debut as the only Queenslander named in Australia’s boxing team.

Delta Amidzovski will make her Commonwealth Games debut having already etched her name into the history books — setting a Commonwealth Youth Games record in the long jump with a leap of 6.34m, winning gold in the hurdles at the same Games, while Jacob Cassar is one of eight boxers selected to represent Australia at the Games as yhe only Victorian boxer on the team.

Isaac Beacroft will represent Australia in race walking, bringing world-class credentials to the Games as the current world record holder in the under-20 10,000m race walk, and Alessia McCaig returns to the Commonwealth Games for another campaign with the cycling team, having first made her mark as the youngest member of the squad at the Birmingham Games.

Tayte Ryan enters 2026 in career-best form, winning the Elite Men’s 1km Time Trial at the National Championships before claiming Time Trial and Team Sprint gold at the Oceania Track Championships. Col Pearse returns to the Games looking to build on his gold medal in the men’s 100m butterfly S10 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Alex Saffy returns to the Commonwealth Games having made his debut in Birmingham, where he claimed silver in the men’s 100m butterfly S10, while Lekeisha Pergoliti will make her Commonwealth Games debut in the women’s 70kg boxing, riding the momentum of a recent silver medal at the Brazil World Cup.

Alyssa Polites is back at the Commonwealth Games for another campaign on the track cycling team, having made her debut in Birmingham as one of 17 first-time competitors on the squad, where she finished 18th in the scratch race. Felicity Wilson-Haffenden will make her Commonwealth Games debut as part of the women’s endurance cycling squad, bringing an impressive resume that includes three national championships, three Oceania championships, and two national records.

Ellen Fife will return for her second Commonwealth Games after she became the first player in Commonwealth Games history to win gold in both the singles and pairs at the same edition, as well as Australia’s first bowls gold medallist on UK soil. Will Petric will make his Commonwealth Games debut off the back of a stellar performance at the national swimming trials, including a 4:11.04 win in the 400m Individual Medley.

Brendon Smith is back at the Commonwealth Games after a standout debut in Birmingham in 2022, where he claimed silver in the 400m Individual Medley and reached the finals of both the 200m Individual Medley and 200m Butterfly. Aidan Murphy will make his Commonwealth Games debut having broken the Australian junior 200m record and stamped himself as one of the best junior all-round sprinters in Australian history.

Madeleine McTernan returns for her second Commonwealth Games after making her debut in Birmingham in 2022, where she finished fifth in the women’s 200m freestyle S14. Jesse Moore returns to the Commonwealth Games stage for the second time, having made his debut at just 19 as the youngest member of the Australian men’s artistic gymnastics team back in 2022.

Torrie Lewis will make her Commonwealth Games debut this year, arriving in outstanding form — a multiple Australian national champion in both the 100m and 200m, and she was also part of the Australian 4x100m relay team that set a national record in 2024. Liz Watson returns as captain of the Australian Diamonds for a third Commonwealth Games — a role she also held in Birmingham, where she led the team to gold. Now back at the helm once more, she is tasked with defending that title, having also secured silver on the Gold Coast in 2018.

Bec Henderson returns to the Commonwealth Games after finishing fourth in the women’s 10,000m track walk in Birmingham in 2022, having also represented Australia at the Tokyo Olympics as the youngest competitor in the field. Oliver Saxton will make his Commonwealth Games debut having burst onto the international scene at just 17, claiming silver and bronze at the 2019 Pacific/Oceania/Commonwealth Championships before placing 17th at the 2022 Junior World Championships and going on to win the 2022 Oceania Junior Championships.

Calab Law, an Indigenous athlete from the Wakka Wakka community near Cherbourg, Queensland, will make his Commonwealth Games debut having already made his mark on the world stage — becoming the youngest Australian male selected for the World Championships in 11 years at just 18 years and 200 days. Brooke Buschkuehl is a two-time Commonwealth Games silver medalist in the women’s long jump. She claimed her first silver at the 2018 Gold Coast Games and secured her second at the 2022 Birmingham Games with a leap of 6.95m.

Tom O’Neill-Thorne is a three-time Paralympian and internationally renowned wheelchair basketball player selected to represent Australia for the 2026 Commonwealth Games. He will be competing as a key member of the men’s 3×3 wheelchair basketball squad, where Australia will be defending their gold medal from the previous games.

SAHOF is proud to share that Hall of Fame members Petria Thomas OAM OLY and Matthew Cowdrey OAM PLY will serve as Chef de Mission and Deputy Chef de Mission for the Australian team at the 2026 Commonwealth Games — incredible appointments for two outstanding leaders in Australian sport. Congratulations to you both, and best of luck to the entire Australian team!

Harvey Norman is an Official Partner of the Australian Commonwealth Games Team, backing our athletes on the road to Glasgow 2026.