The 2002 Winter Olympics were the winter Olympics in which the first woman to be the chef de mission of an Australian Olympic team won gold medal.
 The chef de mission of the team will be former Olympic champion Alisa Camplin, the first time a woman is the chef de mission of any Australian Olympic team. 
Alisa Peta Camplin OAM (born 10 November 1974) is an Australian aerial skier who won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics, the second ever winter Olympic gold medal for Australia. 
