Alisa Camplin

Alisa Camplin is widely known for her former career as a winter Olympian, making headlines as the first female Winter Olympic Gold medallist for Australia. Stunning sports enthusiasts with her talents as an aerial skier, Alisa is now retired from the sport and has forged a successful business career at IBM and with the Australian Winter Olympic Games team. With an inspirational story to her name, Alisa is now booked as a speaker for a range of events, covering topics such as succeeding against the odds, sustaining high performance, resilience for life and work and the business of winning.

A keen sportsman from a young age, formerly a gymnast and skier who won two Australian National Titles, Alisa was inspired to become an ariel skier after watching Kirstie Marshall. Beginning training, Alisa soon showed her prominence, winning several top ten positions in World Cups. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games where, after sustaining two fractured ankles, Alisa became the first female Winter Olympic Gold medallist. She later went on to claim Olympic Bronze in Aerial Skiing at the 2006 Turin Winter Games after sustaining a serious knee injury. By the end of her career, Alisa had also claimed the title of 2003 World Championships Gold medallist.

Since retiring from the sport, Alisa has contributed as a Sports Performance Manager for the 2018 Australian Winter Olympic Games and a live co-host and commentator for the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympic Games. She has also forged a successful business career, acting as an Outsourcing Sales Manager, Outsourcing Account Manager and Business Development Executive for IBM. Outside of business and sports, Alisa is also an avid philanthropist. After her son passed away due to a congenital heart condition, Alisa co-founded Finnan’s Gift to give money back to the hospital that treated her son and to raise money for equipment to help others with heart problems.

Appointed a Medal of the Order of Australia, inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame and appointed Member of the Order of Australia, Alisa is an inspirational figure in the world of sport and is now booked as a speaker for a range of corporate and public events. Sharing her story of an Olympic skier, businesswoman, mother and philanthropist, Alisa moves audiences with her life experiences and the adversity that she has had to overcome. Utilising her business success, Alisa is also a corporate consultant, helping business leaders and CEOs to achieve peak performance by paying attention to factors such as wellbeing, resilience, mindset and human performance. When looking for a speaker who will not only inspire your audience but also provide actionable takeaways to better performance, don’t hesitate in booking Alisa Camplin today!