Tokyo 2020: Inside the stunning homes of Australia’s Tokyo 2020 Olympians
An inside look at the homes of Australia’s Olympic stars.
They’re some of Australia’s most famous sporting stars with big dreams of winning gold for country at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
But away from the sporting field, our Olympians owns some impressive homes and also humble ones too.
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From oceanfront properties to ones with epic BMX tracks in the backyard, take a peak inside the homes of our Olympic athletes:
Ash Barty — Tennis
Australia’s Ash Barty owns two houses west of Brisbane. Picture: Alex Coppel.
Wimbledon champion Ash Barty may have collected close to $30 million in prize money throughout her tennis career, but that doesn’t mean she owns a luxury beachfront mansion in Queensland.
Property records reveal the 25-year-old instead owns a regular four-bedroom house in Springfield Lakes — an hour west of Brisbane.
The Springfield Lakes house was purchased in 2018 for $650,000.
The property is a far cry from what her competitors such as Serena Williams live in.
She paid $650,000 in 2018 for the 640sqm property after the purchase of another four-bedroom house in nearby Augustine Heights, which she paid $243,036 for in 2016.
The Courier Mail reported last week Barty confirmed she was in the process of building her “forever” house in the residential community at Brookwater, which boasts the award-winning, Greg Norman-designed Brookwater Golf Course.
Patty Mills — Basketball
Australian basketball player Patty Mills owns property in the United States where he plays basketball. (Photo by Matt Adekponya/Australian Olympic Committee via Getty Images)
Global basketball star and flag bear at tonight’s opening ceremony in Tokyo, Patty Mills owns two properties in the United States.
For the past several years he has lived at a historic landmark residence in King William, located in the Texan city of San Antonio where Mills is a Point Guard for the San Antonio Spurs.
The gated brick house has a two-tier front porch, swimming pool and a modern extension.
Born in Canberra, he also purchased a coastal home in Hawaii nearly two years, according to the LA Times.
The Hawaiian summer house of Patty Mills. Source: Realtor.com/Hawai’i Life.
The three-bedroom house is in addition to a property he owns in San Antonio, Texas.
Reports suggest he paid $2.609 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.
Sally Fitzgibbons — Surfing
Australian surfer Sally Fitzgibbons will make her Olympic debut at Tokyo. Picture. Phil Hillyard.
Sally Fitzgibbons is set to compete in her first Olympics at Tokyo with surfing debuting at the games.
Property records reveal Fitzgibbons owns a property in her hometown of Gerroa, on the NSW south coast.
Fitzgibbons paid $1.225 million for the house that backs directly onto the ocean and is within proximity of Seven Mile Beach.
A 2010 listing photo of a Gerroa property Fitzgibbons has called home.
The Gold Coast Bulletin reported Fitzgibbons also purchased an apartment in the Jewel apartment development. Picture Glenn Hampson
The former world number one also acquired a two-bedroom apartment on the Gold Coast in 2016. The Gold Coast Bulletin reported at the time Fitzgibbons purchased the Surfers Paradise apartment as a “second home” in the tower one of Jewel.
Cate Campbell — Swimming
Swimmer Cate Campbell lives in Brisbane. (Photo by Delly Carr/Australian Olympic Committee via Getty Images).
Malawian-born Australian swimmer Cate Campbell will share the flag bearer responsibility with Patty Mills.
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The two-time Olympic gold medallist calls Brisbane home, which will host the Olympics in 2032.
CoreLogic reveals Campbell paid $890,000 in 2017 for the four-bedroom Queenslander in Morningside — south east of the city centre.
The Morningside house was purchased in 2017 for $890,000.
It features character interiors and no swimming pool.
The character house has solar panels on the room a large backyard, but no swimming pool. Thankfully her swimming club, Commercial, is located just 15 minutes away in Fortitude Valley.
Campbell had been renting in Pymble on Sydney’s upper north shore until the end of last year when she moved her preparations to her home state.
Logan Martin — BMX
National BMX champion Logan Martin.
Martin’s epic house has a state-of-the-art BMX facilities. Source: Instagram/loganmartinbmx
Another gold medal hopefully and Olympic debutant is professional BMX rider Logan Martin.
The Queensland born Olympian owns an insane 4564sqm property with a four-bedroom house in Maudsland, a rural locality of the Gold Coast.
Definitely the place to spend any future Covid-19 lockdowns. Source: Instagram/loganmartinbmx.
Open plan living inside the house.
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.
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.
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