Kitty Chiller AM become Australia’s very first female Chef de Mission of the Australian Olympic Team at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The campaign was fraught with logistical and security challenges, leading Kitty to devise a “one team” concept that focused on the culture and values of the Australian team. As a leader, Kitty’s strong resolve and incredible personal and professional resilience reinvigorated the sense of team amongst the 420 athletes.
Kitty has held virtually every other role on the Australian Olympic team: media director (1988), coach and team manager (1996), Deputy Chef de Mission (2012) – and as an athlete (2000). In her sport of Modern Pentathlon, Kitty was national champion on 12 occasions, won seven World Cup medals and was ranked number one in the world three times.
With Paris only three months away, hear a firsthand account of what goes on behind the scenes at the Olympics Games.
Kitty appears courtesy of ICMI
