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Australia's Greatest Athlete (season 3)

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Country of origin
  
Australia

Original network
  
Seven Network

No. of episodes
  
6

Original release
  
13 February – 20 March 2011

The third season of Australia's Greatest Athlete was broadcast on the Seven Network and was hosted by Mark Beretta, with last season's competitor Wendell Sailor. Mark Webber and past season winner Billy Slater presented occasional fitness tips and interviews with the competitors in video packages.

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Billy Slater, who won the first two seasons of the show, did not defend his title due to recovery from shoulder surgery, but was still involved in the show as a 'Rexona ambassador' alongside Mark Webber, where each also tips a player in each event. This season was filmed at the Novotel Twin Waters Resort on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.

The season began on 13 February 2011 at 4:30pm for a total of six episodes.

Participants

  • Shannon Eckstein - Three-time world Ironman champion and runner up of season 2
  • Mark Winterbottom - V8 Supercar driver
  • Quade Cooper - Rugby Union player
  • Luke Hodge - Australian rules football player
  • Kurt Gidley - Rugby League 4 time defending champion
  • Eamon Sullivan - Olympic swimmer
  • Fabrice Lapierre - athletics competitor (long jump)
  • Ken Wallace - Olympic Kayaking competitor
  • Episode 1

  • Mini Ironman Challenge
  • Rugby Oz Tag Challenge
  • Episode 2

  • Swimming Challenge
  • Bench Press Challenge
  • Episode 3

  • Jet Ski Challenge
  • 40m Beach Sprint Challenge
  • Episode 4

  • Surf Boat Rowing Challenge
  • AFL Kick For Goal Challenge
  • Episode 5

  • Basketball Challenge
  • Boxing Challenge
  • Episode 6

  • Final Assault Course
  • Results table

    The following table shows how many points each competitor earned throughout the series.

    † indicates this event was the 'sports specific challenge' for this athlete      The contestant won the challenge      The contestant came second in the challenge      The contestant came last in the challenge      The contestant won the series      The contestant came second overall in the series      The contestant came last overall in the series

    References

    Australia's Greatest Athlete (season 3) Wikipedia