Australia’s first female Winter Olympic gold medallist,Alisa Camplin, famously landed a spectacular triple twisting double somersault at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics – with two broken ankles. Using her renowned mental toughness, Alisa overcame fear and pain to take Olympic Bronze at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics less than 3 months after her second major knee reconstruction.Alisa has won two Olympic Medals, a World Championships Title, a new World Record, two back to back World Cup Grand Prix Championships and 19 World Cup Podium finishes.
She has achieved this while maintaining a professional career with IBM Australia. She is now in her 15th year with IBM, having lead $200M+ businesses in both Australia and the UK. A contemporary business leader, Alisa is on the Board and Audit Committees of many high profile organisations, including the Australian Sports Commission, Collingwood Football Club and Olympic Winter Institute of Australia.
Alisa is Chair of the Australian Sports Foundation and the Australian Olympic Committee’s Chef de Mission for the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games team.
Alisa Camplin is an Olympic champion aerial skier who won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. It was the second skiing medal ever won by Australia, and the first won by an Australian woman. She also won the bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Originally training as a gymnast and sailor, Alisa saw early success winning two Australian National Sailing Titles in the Hobie Cat catamarine class. Inspired by the success of skier Kirsty Marshall, Camplin then turned to skiing at the age of 19.
After a great deal of training, Alisa was involved in a skiing accident shortly before the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and although she was initially told that it was just bruising, doctors in Salt Lake City found that she had fractured both of her ankles. She was advised not to compete but went against the medical advice. During her event, she landed a spectacular triple twisting double somersault.
Alisa was again injured in the lead up to the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006. A serious knee injury in October 2005 led to a second knee reconstruction operation just three months prior to the event. She returned to limited training eleven weeks after the operation, and managed to finish with a bronze medal in her event.
She was awarded an Order of Australia medal in 2007.
Since her retirement from skiing, Alisa has been working as an executive with IBM, as well as doing promotional and charity work. She joined the board of the Collingwood Football Club in December 2009, replacing Sally Capp.
Following the tragic death of their first child, Alisa and husband Oliver Warner set up the charity Finnan’s Gift which helps the Royal Children’s Hospital raise money to buy equipment for the treatment of babies with heart defects.
Everyone loved Alisa’s presentation. There was laughter and tears and some great ski moves. We have had amazing feedback from our delegates. She was an inspiration – thanks Alisa
Australian Bookkeepers Network Pty. Ltd.
Very interactive with the delegates, very easy to work with. Very professional.
Veritas Events
Amazing story and very inspirational.
Brown and Watson International
Alisa was extremely engaging and has an incredible story to tell that is both inspirational and very moving.
Property Exchange Australia Limited
Alisa was the highlight of our event and lived up to all expectations. Utterly professional, very real and completely powerful. Could not have wanted more from a keynote speaker.
Up Loans
Alisa had the audience out of their seats – literally! They were captivated and walked away feeling inspired!
ISS Cleaning and Hygiene Expo
Alisa was fantastic, we had about 80 people attend the event and everyone that attended cannot stop talking about it. Nothing but positive comments from all those that attended.
Alisa is a truly amazing individual. She is incredibly engaging and the audience were glued to her every word. She leave you feeling inspired and motivated to achieve more in all aspects of your life, be that business, career, sporting or personal life. Further than just inspiring people she clearly outlines how to achieve success 10/10.
Gilgandra Shire Council
Alisa was the most impressive speaker I have ever engaged at an event. She left the audience in tears and received a standing ovation. Alisa keeps everyone’s interest with her fascinating stories but also her business-like attitude to achieving success appealed to our guests. Alisa shared her journey in a beautifully eloquent manner and left the audience talking about her presentation for days after. Thank you Alisa
Belle Property
One word – exceptional!!
I was unable to attend the event however feedback from those that did listen to Alisa speak was overwhelmingly positive. I have been told that the key messages where inspiring and thought provoking. Several comments included “Alisa’s warm bright smile captivating the audience – with stories that tore at the heart strings, made people laugh, gasp at the injury count, and walk away feeling completely in awe and inspired by such a genuine down to earth, hardworking individual.
Everyone I have spoken to took something very special away from Alisa’s amazing story and mantra about “someone’s going to win and making the decision to be the winner”.
Alisa -Thank you for all that you say, do and who you are! It makes us all stand a little taller when listening to someone who worked hard, focused on a gaol and achieved the dream - success!
Westpac
Brilliant, keynote speaker!
Alisa was fantastic! She brought great energy and enthusiasm to the My Career Fair as the opening speaker of our event. Alisa’s story and messages left people highly motivated and engaged to focus on their careers. I keep receiving unsolicited feedback from those in attendance saying how awesome Alisa was and how glad they were to be able to hear from someone so inspiring.
NAB
Alisa was a brilliant Key Note Speaker. She captivated audiences and really took the whole audience on her journey.
Master Builders Association ACT
Alisa was wonderful to work with from start to finish. She showed a genuine interest in what we were trying to achieve and tailored her address to suit the audience. Listening to Alisa speak touches the heart, inspires, motivates and gives real insight into what it takes to be the best - which was applicable to a range of life experiences.
Department of Education NSW
First rate. Extremely well received by the team. Skilled presenter.
Servier Laboratories Pty. Ltd.
Alisa is a truly wonderful and inspiring lady. Many people at the session have said that Alisa is the best inspirational speaker that they have ever heard. Alisa was engaging from the minute she stepped onto the stage and had the audience mesmerized the whole time.
National Australia Bank
Fabulous speaker
Transitional Executive
Alisa’s story resonated very well with the theme of our event. Alisa was great to work with and understood our brief very well. She was an exceptional and inspiring presenter. She was also great to work with and personable.
Gartner Australia
I really just wanted to say thank you to you Alisa for a really inspiring speech on Friday at the REIWA conference. I took a lot away from the conference but I'm glad you finished the day off. You made my day! You reminded me that although I'm a mum, I'm not just a mum and I can still chase my dreams whilst encouraging the dreams of my boys! My heart broke when you told us about Finnan and I cried when I saw your Salt Lake City clip. What an inspiration! Your achievements were amazing and you are still bouncing about full of energy ready for the next adventure and next chapter. I loved your honesty, openness and down to earth but positive attitude to life. I've already started working on a few goal pyramids of my own. Thanks for giving me a great new angle on life. And reminding me that we all have peaks and troughs but it's how we deal with them that makes us stronger.
Professionals Rockingham WA
I just wanted to pass on “endless thank yous” to Alisa for her amazing presentation last night - I’ve already received so much positive feedback from the alumni team and managers, ECU’s Vice-Chancellor and our alumni. For me personally, her story was truly inspirational. Alisa was so friendly and easy going and made the whole night such a breeze. We are all so happy with how the night turned out. Thanks to both of your hard work helping us pull this event together.
Edith Cowan University
I just wanted to say thank you so much to Alisa! Her talk was one of the most inspirational presentations I have ever heard as a leader, and the feedback from consultants and Team Leaders in my business have mirrored these thoughts. Not only is she a great storyteller, her words, advice and learnings touched everyone in the room, on both a business and personal level. Not only was she engaging, fun and held the audience, she also left everyone with something to reflect on and sound actions which they can implement in their day to day lives.What a story and what an amazing, strong woman - thank you!
Flight Centre Travel Group
Alisa was incredible, engaging and the talk of the event. She inspired a group of leaders and guests who couldn’t stop praising her ideals, passion and ability to succeed. Her story touched everyone’s hearts and made for the perfect keynote for a lifestyle event that was designed to inspire and offer take home tools for a better life. A huge thank you for sharing your story with us, #LifeWiseMe Melbourne wouldn’t have been the same without you!
Mannatech Australia
There was not a dry eye in the house – very inspirational speech – very well received by all that attended. Alisa was a delight to deal with leading up to and on the day of the event.
Walker Corporation
One word - AMAZING! Alisa’s ability to overcome adversity, physical, mental and emotional challenges really left the audience inspired, motivated and ready to lead! The breadth of the presentation was phenomenal. She was able to share and freely talk through extremely personal stories in a professional manner which made a huge impact on the audience. Alisa was able to share her sporting accomplishments and relate her learning's and the tools she used during this time to the corporate working environment. She brought fantastic personality and authenticity to the presentation which helped keep the audience connected and sitting on the edge of their seats!
Coles Limited
Thank you so much for speaking at our event last week. You were such a success and you made a wonderful impact on everyone present - young, old, female and male. Some of the thoughts that have been passed to me, from employees who were present, include: inspired choice, clear message on the importance of setting goals, having a sound strategy and self belief and the dedication and will to achieve your goals. It was also commented upon that even though you were speaking about sport, it translated to the business world and gave excellent tips on what each of us can do to achieve greater personal and company
ARA Group
She was outstanding – had everyone engaged. Two standing ovations.
Harcourts International
Alisa was a delight to work with; she was professional and eager to fulfill our brief and has an incredible story to tell. I would gladly recommend her for future events.
Telstra
The ‘real life’ story from Alisa is both inspirational and compelling by nature. The true grit, determination to succeed, personal sacrifice and humanity of her journey were delivered with humour, pathos, and a conviction that resonated deeply with our audience. If the tears and laughter were any indication of how successful her delivery was, then the I guess the long line of those wanting to meet her personally was not surprising. Alisa ticked every box on our wish list for this important event.
Bidvest
"I just wanted to say that your presentation this morning was amazing. I felt like we all went on a rollercoaster journey of emotions with you - from the lows of being injured through to the ecstatic highs of winning your medals – and then through to the most incredibly honest and heartfelt account of your time with your beautiful son. I go to a lot of these breakfasts and can honestly say that I have never been in a room full of people who would normally answer phones, check messages or get up during the presentations, who sat completely still and captivated by your every word. There was certainly not a dry eye at my table by the time you had finished and I have no doubt this was shared across the rest of the room. Anyway, I just wanted to congratulate you on such a captivating and entertaining presentation – and for having the courage to share your amazing stories with us all."
"I haven’t enjoyed a breakfast talk so much for such a long long time. It was refreshing to have someone like you up there, being real and so passionate. Your ability to engage with people is amazing! I think what you have done for the RCH via Finnan’s gift is just another amazing and inspiring way you have contributed to the community."
Client feedback from the Robert Half Business Breakfast Roadshow
Alisa delivered a very well prepared presentation to the AFL industry about how to achieve the most out of your sport whilst keeping yourself busy, and building skills to transition into life after sport. Alisa' story of advancing her professional career whilst winning Olympic Gold was truly inspirational. Highly recommended!
AFL
In Alisa's presentation she states that she can't sum herself up in 7 seconds but I think I can do it in just 1... 'WOW!' Alisa's presentation was incredible, inspirational, heart-warming and heart-breaking all at the same time. The discipline and commitment she demonstrated with her training to reach her ultimate goal and own her outcomes was unbelievable; and the humility she showed when sharing her success and a very personal journey left our guests overwhelmed. Thank you Alisa!
Adecco
When I took a punt so many months ago to secure Alisa Camplin as our guest speaker, I could not have anticipated the reaction and feedback in having her at the PANDA event. Alisa brought inspiration, warmth, class and humour in a wonderful interview with Matt Tilley. Her candidness about her experiences and challenges were heart-warming and we are so thrilled that she agreed to support our event.!"
Post & Antenatal Depression Association
"I just wanted to say that your presentation this morning was amazing. I felt like we all went on a rollercoaster journey of emotions with you - from the lows of being injured through to the ecstatic highs of winning your medals – and then through to the most incredibly honest and heartfelt account of your time with your beautiful son. I go to a lot of these breakfasts and can honestly say that I have never been in a room full of people who would normally answer phones, check messages or get up during the presentations, who sat completely still and captivated by your every word. There was certainly not a dry eye at my table by the time you had finished and I have no doubt this was shared across the rest of the room. Anyway, I just wanted to congratulate you on such a captivating and entertaining presentation – and for having the courage to share your amazing stories with us all."
"I haven’t enjoyed a breakfast talk so much for such a long long time. It was refreshing to have someone like you up there, being real and so passionate. Your ability to engage with people is amazing! I think what you have done for the RCH via Finnan’s gift is just another amazing and inspiring way you have contributed to the community."
Robert Half Business Breakfast Roadshow
"We have had the opportunity to work with many professionals from many industries in our game and the choice to have you represent our brand for our inaugural Better Business program was in short, one of the best business decisions we have made.From the initial briefing meeting, the presentation construction and through to the national program delivery you were an absolute delight to do business with. In my view the delivery of a final presentation for an audience is only just a part of the overall process. Your pragmatic way of thinking, your insights in the lead up to and during the event and of course your engaging personality had our advisers (and our national team) captivated.
I know you put an exceptional amount of effort into our Better Business program session and also painstakingly worked on our subsequent sales team workshop and I wanted to thank you on behalf of all of us here at Asteron Life – your efforts were greatly appreciated.The team continue to talk of the first Better Business program and how your involvement made the event the best ever. "
Executive Manager, Asteron Life, Suncorp Group
"Alisa was outstanding and her message was in tune with our theme "The Winning Edge". Alsia's presentation received rave reviews from our delegates with many saying she was the best ever speaker at a Unigas Conference. She rated 5+ out of 5 on delegate feedback forms."
UNIGAS
"The ‘real life’ story from Alisa is both inspirational and compelling by nature. The true grit, determination to succeed, personal sacrifice and humanity of her journey were delivered with humour, pathos, and a conviction that resonated deeply with our audience. If the tears and laughter were any indication of how successful her delivery was, then the I guess the long line of those wanting to meet her personally was not surprising. Alisa ticked every box on our wish list for this important event."
Bidvest
“Alisa is awe inspiring, a professional"
“one of the best speakers I’ve ever seen"
“very motivating, excellent"
“Alisa was truly memorable"
“amazing choice of speaker"
“by far, best I've seen at a conference - very relevant content/message"
Macquarie Telecom Conference - Staff Responses
“Feedback was great. Motivating, engaging and entertaining."
Western Bulldogs
"Alisa’s keynote took our event from good to great, and from great to memorable - people are still talking about her."
BT Financial Group
Just a short note to thank you for your inspirational, motivational and practical approach for being excellent. The team at Unitywater thoroughly enjoyed your presentation evident by the feedback I have received over the last few days. The authentic nature of your presentation where you talked about your personal challenges in life made a huge impact on everyone. Thank you for your time, answering all our questions and genuinely taking an interest in our journey.
CEO, Unitywater
Alisa was a hit with our attendees and really brought the objective of the event to life through her story. She was relatable yet aspirational and has a fantastic presence.
National Australia Bank
Second time I have seen her and she is fabulous. A pint size package of POWER!
Michelle Aubert
Alisa was a brilliant Key Note Speaker. She captivated audiences and really took the whole audience on her journey.
Coffs Harbour City Council