What is the AIS?

Outside of the AIS Sports Visitor Centre
Outside of the AIS Sports Visitor Centre

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is Australia’s premiere sports training institute.

Outstanding athlete results combined with skilled coaches, world-class facilities and cutting-edge sports science sports medicine services have given the AIS its international reputation as a world’s best practice model for high performance athlete development.

The Institute offers 38 sport programs in 29 sports, with a varying number of scholarships offered annually to Australia’s finest sportsmen and sportswomen.

You can find out more about scholarships offered by the AIS and how to apply in the scholarships section of this website.

The AIS is a national institution, with its main headquarters in Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory. AIS programs are also based around the country, including Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.

AIS athletes in certain sports also train overseas at bases in Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom.

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Australia is one of only two nations to have competed in every modern Summer Olympic Games.

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700 athlete scholarships are offered annually at the AIS.
263 current and former AIS athletes competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
142 Olympic medals have been won by athletes from the AIS since its establishment.
40 thousand kilometres were swum by Petria Thomas while at the AIS.
1 million people visit the AIS each year.
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