Sport Australia Hall of Fame includes 382 athlete members and 143 general members, all of them individuals who have contributed to sports through various roles (coaches, agents, doctors etc.) In a spectacular event in Melbourne, the 30th Sport Australia Hall of Fame honored athletes who excelled over the last year and rewarded those who managed to set example for other athletes through their work.
Lydia Lassila (née Ierodiaconou) was born 17 January 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. She is of Greek-Cypriot and Italian descent. Her mother is Italian and her father Cypriot.[
Olympic freestyle skier gold medalist Lydia Lassila (Ierodiaconou) The 32-year-old Cypriot Australian freestyle aerial skiing Lydia won the bronze medal in the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia in 2014.
On 20 October 2010, Lassila was awarded the prestigious ‘The Don’ award by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, which recognised her ability to inspire as well as her achievements during 2010, including her gold medal performance at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
