List of Young Australian of the Year Award recipients

The Young Australian of the Year Awards commenced in 1979, and recognises those aged 16 to 30 who are considered exceptional young Australians. 1993 was the only year in which an award was not given.

Recipients

Year of award	Name	Notes
1979	Julie Sochacki	[1]
1980	Peter Hill
1981	Paul Radley
1982	Mark Ella AM
1983	Michael Waldock
1984	Jon Sieben OAM
1985	Deahnne McIntyre OAM
1986	Simone Young AM
1987	Marty Gauvin
1988	Duncan Armstrong OAM
1989	Brenden Borellini
1990	Cathy Freeman OAM
1991	Simon Fairweather OAM
1992	Kieren Perkins OAM
1993	No award made: period of award changed from the previous year to the year ahead in 1994; i.e. Kieren Perkins was named Young Australian of the Year for 1992 in 1993 and Anna Bown was named Young Australian of the Year for 1994 in 1994
1994	Anna Bown
1995	Poppy King
1996	Rebecca Chambers
1997	Nova Peris-Kneebone OAM
1998	Tan Le
1999	Bryan Gaensler
2000	Ian Thorpe OAM
2001	James Fitzpatrick
2002	Scott Hocknull
2003	Lleyton Hewitt AM
2004	Hugh Evans
2005	Khoa Do
2006	Trisha Broadbridge
2007	Tania Major
2008	Casey Stoner AM
2009	Jonty Bush
2010	Mark Donaldson VC
2011	Jessica Watson OAM
2012	Marita Cheng AM
2013	Akram Azimi	[2]
2014	Jacqueline Freney OAM
2015	Drisana Levitzke-Gray	[3]
2016	Nic Marchesi OAM Lucas Patchett OAM	[4]
2017	Paul Vasileff	[5]
2018	Samantha Kerr OAM	[6]
2019	Danzal Baker	[7]
2020	Ashleigh Barty	[8]
2021	Isobel Marshall	[9]
2022	Dr Daniel Nour MD	[10]
2023	Awer Mabil	[11]
2024	Emma McKeon	[12]
2025	Dr Katrina Wruck	[13]

See also

• List of Australian of the Year Award recipients
• List of Senior Australian of the Year Award recipients
• List of Australian Local Hero Award recipients