Date: 03/12/03

Olympic Gold medallists, Alisa Camplin and Steve Bradbury are among the contenders for "The Don" award, to be announced at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame 2002 Annual Dinner and Induction Ceremony on Thursday.

The prestigious award, to honour a current Australian athlete who through his or her example in sport has most inspired the nation, was first awarded in 1998. The recipients since that time have been Mark Taylor, Heather Turland, Ian Thorpe, Catherine Freeman and Patrick Rafter.

As well as "The Don" award, a new group of Australian athletes will be inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

It is the first time that winter sports have been represented at the final stages of this award