2025 World University Games Team Announcement

Snow Australia and UniSport Australia are pleased to announce a team of 19 skiing and snowboarding athletes to represent Australia at the 2025 World University Games in Torino, Italy. 

The FISU Games returning to its birthplace Torino for the first time since 2007, will see an Australian team made up of three alpine skiers, eight cross country skiers, six snowboarders, one ski cross, and one freestyle skier. 

Sports will compete across an 11 day period between 13-23 January, with the different disciplines competing across multiple venues. Bardonecchia will play host to alpine skiing, snowboarding and freestyle, whilst Pragelato will welcome cross-country skiing and biathlon.

In an FISU Games Winter first, parastudent-athletes will be able to compete as both alpine and cross-country skiing events will be held. 

With 8 of the 19 Australian athletes returning to represent their country from 2023, the group will be looking to showcase their best runs and land themselves on the podium. 

As a returning cross country athlete, Bentley Walker-Broose is eager to have another opportunity representing Australia.

“I am excited to get to compete in the 2025 World University Games alongside so many strong cross country athletes,” Walker-Broose said. 

“Since the last uni games I have been working hard to develop and strengthen my skills and I can’t wait to get out there and see what I can do. 

“It is also a larger team than 2023, so I am also looking forward to watching and supporting all of the other athletes when they compete, and hopefully Australia can be a dominant team.”

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The Australian team for the 2025 World University Winter Games:

Alpine Skiing 

• Hugh McAdam (The University of Sydney)
• Sammie Gaul (Australian National University)
• Zachary Howell (University of Sydney)

Cross Country

• Adam Barnett (Swinburne University of Technology)
• Bentley Walker-Broose (University of Canberra)
• Fedele de Campo (Australian National University)
• Hannah Price (Australian National University)
• Isabella Moon (Australian National University)
• Lily Murnane (Montana State University)
• Noah Bradford (Macquarie University)
• Vincent de Souza (University of Sydney)
  

Snowboard 

• Georgia Brose (Griffith University)
• Joel Bradford (Macquarie University)
• Lara Walsh (University of Tasmania)
• Leon Davis-Cook (University of Wollongong)
• Max Vardy (University of Western Sydney)
• Mia Chawner (University of Canberra)
  

Ski Cross

• Luke Irving (University of Sydney)

Freestyle Skiing 

• Emma Bosco (University of New South Wales)