Inside the gold medal homes of our Olympic champions
Some of Australia’s greatest Paris Olympians have ploughed their money into the perfect places to live, train and recover. Check them out.
Some of Australia’s greatest Paris Olympians have ploughed their money into the perfect places to live, train and recover. Check them out.
ARIARNE TITMUS
Swimming sensation Ariarne Titmus paid $1.65m for her first home — a three-bedroom, three-bathroom unit in Commercial Road in the inner Brisbane suburb of Teneriffe in 2022.
It boasts the ultimate in contemporary living and cracking views of the local area and Brisbane city skyline.
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Teneriffe is arguably Brisbane’s most exclusive suburb, with a median house price of $4.105m, that’s up 33.5 per cent over the past 12 months.
And a median 3-bed unit price of $1.7975m, up 22.7 per cent over the past 12 months, according to PropTrack.
So it has been a very savvy purchase for the gold medal hopeful
Her parents, Steve and Robyn Titmus, live in Chelmer, where they bought in 2018 after making the move to Queensland from Tasmania, partly to further their daughter’s swimming career.
The home in the heart of the blue chip suburb is currently for sale
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Ariarne and her sister Mia were brought up in the Chelmer home.
“It’s a bit like coming home to a resort,” their mother Robyn Titmus said.
“You can completely switch off. Because we live such hectic lives, it’s really been a sanctuary to be able to come home to, relax in and obviously raise a couple of girls at the same time,” Mr Titmus said.
EMMA MCKEON
Swimming champion Emma McKeon and her partner Cody Simpson, who failed to qualify for Paris, snapped up a cracking 5-bed home, with a pool of course, in the Gold Coast suburb of Labrador last year.
The couple put down $1.826m for the contemporary two-storey home, which they moved into shortly after making it their own in April 2023. The 8m x 4m concrete pool has featured in social media posts from the pair.
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According to the marketing for the home when it was up for sale, it boasts “no expense spared finishes” and “epitomises laid-back, modern luxury”.
“The heart of this home, a seamless flow connects this sun-soaked social hub to the outdoors, with the covered alfresco area ready for entertaining guests or watching kids enjoy the backyard and sparkling pool.”
LOGAN MARTIN
The Queensland born BMX Olympian owns an insane 4564 sqm property with a four-bedroom house in Maudsland, a rural locality of the Gold Coast.
CoreLogic confirms Martin paid $785,000 for the modern house at the end of 2018 and one of the first things he installed was a state-of-the-art BMX park.
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The freestyle BMX park features an array of different jumps and obstacles including a half pipe.
The property also features plenty of off-street parking and a newly built swimming pool.
Last year Martin offered the home up as an Airbnb rental at just $16 per night.
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PATTY MILLS
Basketball star Patty Mills owns two properties in the United States.
Mills has one long-term home in Hawaii which he likes to live in during the NBA off season.
He has owned the home for around six years.
Reports suggest he paid $2.93 million (US$1.92 million) for the three-bedroom house in Haleiwa, a waterfront community on the north shore of the island of Oahu.
All three bedrooms of the two-storey house overlook the ocean, and the main opens directly to a deck that spans the back of the home.
The current Miami Heat star also owns a historic landmark residence in King William, located in the Texan city of San Antonio where he lived while playing for the San Antonio Spurs, The gated brick house has a two-tier front porch, swimming pool and a modern extension.
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Originally published as Inside the gold medal homes of our Olympic champions
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