2026 Boxing Athlete Categorisation Announcement

Boxing Australia are excited to announce the 2026 Athlete Categorisation cohort. Athlete Categorisation is about identifying the right athletes to support at the right time with the right resources. Podium and Podium Ready athletes are priority athletes for the current Olympic cycle. Podium Potential athletes sit across current and future Olympic cycles and Developing and Emerging athletes have been identified for the future Olympic cycles including Brisbane 2032. Boxing Australia sets a high bar, and we congratulate those who have attained this high level of performance and potential.

Athlete categorisation relies on a predictive approach to performance analysis utilising quantitative and qualitative evidence to identify Boxers who are on trajectory to achieve medal outcome performances. Our Boxers compete to maintain their categorisation level or regain a level of categorisation they have held previously. Athlete categorisation is a prioritisation tool that rewards performance and potential.

 “I’ve been in role 10 months now and I’m excited by the current and future talent that Boxing Australia has identified through this process. The hard work of personal coaches in their home gyms has put these athletes onto the right trajectory and onto the radar of Boxing Australia and the Australian High-Performance System. Boxing Australia look to add to individual Boxers teams and create sustainable and repeatable platforms to support both Boxer and Coach. Our Boxers achieved best ever results at the recent World Boxing Championships and I believe we have only just scratched the surface. We are not short of talent, but we do not have the systems, process and structures in place to support our Boxers like Swimming Australia and Athletics Australia do. The plan is to change this, and I believe that we can be excited by what is to come when we establish a truly high-performance program.” Jonathan Hall, General Manager of High Performance.

2026 Athlete Categorisation

Other relevant links

Athlete Categorisation Policy and Performance Criteria Matrix 2026