AUSTRALIA AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES:-

* Host: Birmingham, England.

* Dates: July 28-August 8

* Australian team: 435 athletes including about 80 Para athletes

* Sports: 19 able-bodied sports; 8 Para sports

* About 5000 athletes from 72 nations will contest 283 medal events

* Australia has topped the medal table at 11 editions of 19 Commonwealth Games

* Australia won 80 gold, 61 silver and 60 bronze medals at the 2018 Gold Coast Games

* By golds, the Gold Coast was Australia's third-best Games behind 1994 Victoria, Canada (87 golds) and 2006 Melbourne (84 golds)

* Most Australian golds at a single Games: six (Susie O'Neill, 1998; Ian Thorpe, 2002)

* Most medals by an Australian: 18. Shooter Phillip Adams won seven golds, nine silver and two bronze at five Games (1982, '86, '90, '94, 2002)