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Australia Hall of Fame Sporting Moments

Name the person, animal or sport that provided these great sporting moments that have been deemed worthy of celebration by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
Source: https://www.sahof.org.au/awards/hall-of-fame-moments/
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Year
Great Sporting Moment
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1930
Race horse considered a "battlers hero" gallops home to win the Melbourne Cup
Phar Lap
1956
Runner stops to help a fallen opponent to their feet before going on to win the mile race
John Landy
1964
Australia's golden girl of the track wins gold in the 400m at the Tokyo Olympic Games
Betty Cuthbert
1964
Australia's golden girl of the pool wins her third consecutive Olympic 100m freestyle title at the Tokyo Olympic Games
Dawn Fraser
1968
200m Olympic silver medalist supports the gold and bronze medal winning black American sprinters as they deliver a black power salute during the medal presentation
Peter Norman
1983
Skippers Australia II to win yachting's America's Cup
John Bertrand
1993
Bowls the ball of the century to dismiss Mike Gatting in an Ashes test match at Old Trafford
Shane Warne
1993
IOC president announces "The winner is ... Sydney" as host of the 2000 Olympic Games
Juan Antonio Samaranch
1996
Against the odds, wins gold in the 1500m freestyle at the Atlanta Olympic Games
Kieren Perkins
2000
Australia score in the final second to beat the USA 4-3 and claim an Olympic gold medal (name the sport)
Women's Water Polo
2000
Meets the expectations of the entire nation by winning the 400m gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games
Cathy Freeman
2000
Swims down the USA's Gary Hall Jnr in the final metres of the final leg of the 4x100m freestyle relay to win gold at the Sydney Olympic Games with teammates Klim, Fydler and Callus
Ian Thorpe
2002
Melbourne Cup winning jockey of Media Puzzle pays an emotional tribute to his brother who died the week before in a racing fall
Damien Oliver
2002
Claims Australia's first-ever Winter Olympics gold medal with victory in the 1000 metres short-track speed skating final in Salt Lake City
Steven Bradbury
2005
Slots the decisive penalty against Uruguay to fire the Socceroos into the 2006 World Cup finals
John Aloisi
2005
Takes a mark on the siren to win the 2005 AFL Grand Final for the Sydney Swans
Leo Barry
2006
Wins the Melbourne Commonwealth Games Women's Marathon
Kerryn McCann
2011
Overhauls a 57 second deficit going into the final time trial to become the first Australian to win the Tour de France
Cadel Evans
2015
Riding 100-1 outsider Prince of Penzance, becomes the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup
Michelle Payne
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