Australian ski racing first hit the international stage in Oslo at the 1952 Winter Olympics. There has been an Australian representative in all subsequent Winter Olympic Games. Australia has won medals at every Winter Games since 1998.
Australians have competed in Olympic Alpine Skiing; Biathlon; Cross Country Skiing; Freestyle Skiing, Of these ski events, Australia has been most successful in the sport of Freestyle Skiing in which it has won Olympic Gold medals, produced World Champions and over 100 world cup medals. Malcolm Milne competed for Australia in Alpine skiing at the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games. His 1968 Olympics 24th placing in the Slalom Event remains the best performance by an Australian male in that event. In 1969 he became the first non-European to win a men's World Cup downhill event - winning first place at Val d'Isere. Steven Lee became the second Australian to hold a World Title, winning at Furano, Japan in 1985, and Zali Steggall became the third Australian (and first woman) at Park City, Utah in 1997. Zali later won Australia's first skiing medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympics winning bronze in the women's slalom event.