Crows Ambassador Adam Scott is officially the No.1 ranked golfer in the world.
On Monday, Scott overtook American Tiger Woods on the official world golf rankings. Scott had spent 38 weeks in second spot. It is the first time an Australian has held the top spot since Greg Norman relinquished his crown in 1998.
Remarkably, Scott isn’t the first Adelaide Ambassador to reach No.1 status in his/her chosen sport.
The Club’s No.1 ticket holder, tennis star Lleyton Hewitt, climbed to top of the ATP rankings in 2003. The proud South Australian was the youngest world No.1 (20 years, 268 days) and youngest year-end No.1 in tennis history.
Australia’s most successful Paralympian, Matthew Cowdrey OAM has won 13 swimming gold medals and also holds six world championships titles.
BMX star Sam Willoughby took out the 2012 BMX World Championships in Birmingham. The win advanced Willoughby’s ranking to the No.1 spot in the world.
Cyclist Jack Bobridge was part of Australia’s world-championship winning Team Pursuit teams at the Track Championships in 2010-11. In 2011, Bobridge was also crowned the Men's Individual Pursuit World Track Champion. He also won multiple world titles as a junior rider.
Darren Lehmann currently holds the mantle as the coach of the No.1 ranked Test and ODI team. An annual update to the International Cricket Council's rankings on May 1 saw Australia pip South Africa to top spot by a fraction of a point.
One of the most successful netballers of all time, Kathryn Harby-Williams won World Championships with the Australian team in 1995 and 1999.
Renowned horse trainer David Hayes won the 1994 Melbourne Cup with imported galloper Jeune.
Equestrian champion Gillian Rolton OAM competed in two Olympic Games, 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta, winning a gold medal in team eventing at both meets. Fellow Olympic champion Wendy Schaeffer OAM was also part of the gold medal-winning eventing team in ‘96’.
Charlie Walsh OAM coached Australian cyclists to win 78 gold medals across Olympic Games, World Championships and Commonwealth Games competitions.
Tennis great John Fitzgerald OAM reached world No.1 doubles ranking in 1991. He won seven Grand Slam doubles titles, and a career men’s doubles Grand Slam (winning all four titles – The Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. He also a member of the Australian team, which won the Davis Cup in 1983 and 1986.
Paralympic champion Katrina Webb OAM won three track gold medals across three Olympic campaigns and also won gold in the women’s javelin at the Athletics World Championships in 1998.
Talented young stars Patty Mills (basketball) and Annette Edmonson (cycling) are closing in on achieving the ultimate in their respective sports.
A member of the Australian Boomers Olympic team, Mills is currently representing the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Playoffs. Edmonson, 22, claimed two titles at the Australian Track Cycling Championships this year. The Olympic silver medallist won the women's 10-kilometre scratch race and also the women's 25-kilometre points race at the event held in Adelaide.
