Matthew Mitcham

Matthew John Mitcham OAM is an Australian retired diver and trampolinist. As a diver, he was the 2008 Olympic champion in the 10m platform, and he is the 2nd highest single-dive score in Olympic history. This made him the first openly gay man to win an Olympic gold medal. He is also the first Australian male to win an Olympic gold medal in diving since Dick Eve at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

SAS Australia · S5, E1

Episode 1

Fourteen celebrity recruits are left in the harsh and unforgiving Jordanian desert, surrendering themselves to the brutal SAS selection course.
SAS Australia · S5, E2

Panic

The gruelling challenges and living conditions claim three more victims, with two leaving voluntarily and one withdrawing due to an injury.
SAS Australia · S5, E3

Episode 3

The 10 remaining recruits participate in challenges presenting life-or-death scenarios designed to test their accuracy and precision.
SAS Australia · S5, E4

Survival

The trainees are attacked, taken prisoner and then engaged in a hand-to-hand battle.
SAS Australia · S5, E5

Trust

The nine remaining recruits learn the hard way about drone warfare; a mountain rappel almost ends in disaster; the course claims another victim; two recruits' painful pasts are revealed.
SAS Australia · S5, E6

Episode 6

The recruits are tested to the breaking point in an intense game of murderball, before receiving a shocking VW and a taxing grunt task that results in an unexpected hero.

Matthew Mitcham

Guest Appearances