Stephanie Rice - Google's Gold Medalist

The pool Queen in Beijing Olympics, star of naughty Facebook photos and gossip fodder over her split from a fellow swimmer, Stephanie Rice set the Australian online community on fire this year.

The glamazon gold medallist was the most sought-after Olympian on Google's annual list of most popular search terms in Australia, in a year when "games" was the country's overall most-searched topic.

WHAT AUSTRALIANS GOOGLED THIS YEAR

Top 10 Olympians

Stephanie Rice
Usain Bolt
Grant Hackett
Michael Phelps
Eamon Sullivan
Leisel Jones
Melissa Wu
Libby Trickett
Lauren Jackson
Cadel Evans