Timeline
Below are major events/achievements in the history of the Australian Institute of Sport.
1980
- 25 January, the establishment of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) announced by Hon. Mr Justice Ellicott, the Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment
- 25 August, Mr Don Talbot appointed the inaugural Director of the AIS.
1981
- 26 January, AIS officially opened by the Prime Minister, Hon. Malcolm Fraser. The original eight sports were - basketball, gymnastics, netball, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, weightlifting
1982
- Commonwealth Games Brisbane - 37 current and former AIS athletes competed in three sports and won 12 gold, 12 silver and 7 bronze medals.
1983
- Gymnastics Training Hall, Indoor and Outdoor Tennis Courts, and Swimming Complex completed.
1984
- Dr John Cheffers appointed Director of the AIS.
- Olympic Games Los Angeles - 33 current and former AIS athletes competed in four sports and won 5 silver and 2 bronze medals.
- Diving (Brisbane) and Hockey (Perth) programs established.
- Frank Stewart Training Centre for netball, basketball, soccer and weightlifting completed.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Karen Phillips (Swimming)
1985
- Squash (Brisbane), Water Polo and Rowing (Canberra) programs established.
- Sports Science and Medicine , Halls of Residence and Administration Buildings completed.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Michele Pearson (Swimming)
1986
- Commonwealth Games Edinburgh - 75 current and former AIS athletes competed in five sports and won 19 gold, 16 silver and 17 bronze medals.
- Cricket (Adelaide) program established.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - James Galloway (Rowing)
1987
- Mr Ron Harvey appointed Director of the AIS.
- Cycling (Adelaide), Rugby Union (Brisbane/Sydney/Canberra) and Canoeing (Gold Coast) programs established.
- Australian Sports Commission and the AIS merged.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Kerry Saxby (Track and Field)
1988
- Russell Short , a vision impaired thrower, awarded the first scholarship for an athlete with disability.
- Olympic Games Seoul - 118 current and former athletes competing in thirteen sports and won 1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze medals
- Paralympic Games Seoul - 1 current athlete and won 2 gold medals.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Kerry Saxby (Track and Field)
1989
- AIS Canoe Facility opened on the Gold Coast.
- Intensive Training Centre's established in eight sports - basketball, canoeing, cycling, gymnastics, hockey, rowing, swimming, and track and field
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Kerry Saxby (Track and Field)
1990
- Commonwealth Games Auckland - 87 current and former AIS athletes competed in six sports and won 25 gold, 25 silver and 27 bronze medals.
- Mr Robert De Castella appointed Director of the AIS.
- Volleyball (Sydney) program established.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Steve McGlede (Cycling)
1991
- Oceania Olympic Training Centre established in Canberra.
- Men's Road Cycling (Canberra) program established.
- Lifeskills for Elite Athletes Program (LEAP) established. Program now called Athlete Career and Education (ACE) Program.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Linley Frame (Swimming)
1992
- Golf (Melbourne) program established.
- Olympic Games Barcelona - 139 current and former athletes competed in thirteen sports and won 3 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze medals
- Paralympic Games Barcelona - 12 current and former athlete competed in two sports and won 10 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze medals.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Clint Robinson (Canoeing)
1993
- Women's Road Cycling (Canberra) and Women's Softball (Brisbane) programs established.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - World Junior Female Basketball Team and Men's Track Cycling Pursuit Team
1994
- Commonwealth Games Victoria - 87 current and former AIS athletes competed five sports and won 35 gold, 16 silver and 15 bronze medals.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Australian Women's Hockey Team
1995
- Mountain Biking (Canberra) program established.
- Mr John Boultbee appointed as AIS Director.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Shane Kelly (Cycling)
1996
- Atlanta Olympic Games - 207 current and former AIS athletes competed in thirteen sports and won 4 gold, 7 silver and 17 bronze medals.
- Atlanta Paralympic Games - 26 current and former AIS athletes competed in seven sports and won 22 gold, 22 silver and 5 bronze medals.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Megan Still and Kate Slatter (Rowing)
1997
- Boxing, Wrestling, Archery, Shooting (all Canberra) and Australian Football (Melbourne) programs established.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Louise Sauvage (Wheelchair athletics)
1998
- Women's Soccer program established.
- Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur - 138 current and former AIS athletes competed in twelve sports and won 34 gold, 29 silver and 21 bronze medals.
- Winter Olympic Games Nagano - 8 athletes competed in three sports and won 1 bronze medal
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Michael Klim (Swimming)
1999
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Michael Klim (Swimming)
2000
- Olympic Games Sydney - 319 current and former athletes competed in nineteen sports and won 8 gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze medals.
- Paralympic Games Sydney - 54 current and former athletes won 29 gold, 17 silver and 15 bronze medals.
- Sailing (Sydney), Women's Cricket , Slalom Canoeing (Sydney), Triathlon programs established.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Simon Fairweather (Archery)
2001
- Mr Michael Scott appointed Director of the AIS
- Rugby League (decentralised) and Alpine Skiing for Athletes with Disabilities Programs established.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Petria Thomas (Swimming) and Philippe Rizzo (Gymnastics)
2002
- Winter Olympics Salt Lake City - 23 current and former athletes competed in five sports and won 2 gold medals
- Winter Paralympics Salt Lake City - 6 current and former athletes competed in one sport and won 6 gold and 1 silver medal
- Commonwealth Games Manchester - 168 current and former athletes competed in fifteen sports and won 45 gold, 23 silver and 34 bronze medals
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Petria Thomas (Swimming)
2003
- AIS Archery Centre opened in Canberra
- AIS Rowing Centre extension opened.
- AIS Golf facility located at Moonah Links, near Rye on Victoria's Mornington Pennisula opened.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Nathan Baggaley (Canoeing)
2004
- Olympic Games Athens - 289 current and former athletes competed in competed in twenty sports and won 10 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze medals
- Paralympic Games Athens - 47 current and former athletes won 13 gold, 27 silver and 23 bronze medals
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Petria Thomas (Swimming) and Ryan Bayley (Cycling)
2005
- Professor Peter Fricker appointed Director of the AIS
- New extension to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Diving dry land training facility at the Sleeman Centre in Chandler, Queensland opened
- AIS/AVF Beach Volleyball National Centre of Excellence was launched
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Peter Robertson (Triathlon) and Robin Bell Slalom (Canoeing)
2006
- Winter Olympics Torino - 23 current and former athletes competed in six sports and won 1 gold and 1 bronze medal
- Winter Paralympics Torono - 9 current and former athletes competed in one sport and won 1 silver and 1 bronze medal
- Commonwealth Games Melbourne - 177 current and former athletes competed in thirteen sports and won 42 gold, 34 silver and 34 bronze medals
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Philippe Rizzo (Gymnastics)
2007
- AIS Hub opened. The AIS hub features a 110-metre indoor running track (with jumping pit), new physiology laboratories and an enhanced strength and conditioning gymnasium.
- New AIS Athlete Residences opened.The three-storey residences accommodate supervisors and 144 live-in scholarship holders in self-contained units of four to six bedrooms.
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Nathan Deakes (Athletics) and Anna Meares (Cycling)
2008
- Olympic Games Beijing - 263 current and former AIS athletes won 7 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze medals
- Paralympic Games Beijing - 47 current and former AIS athletes won 18 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze medals
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Ken Wallace (Canoeing) and Heath Francis (Athletics)
2009
- AIS Director Peter Fricker honoured for services to sports medicine
- Professor Louise Burke was named the recipient of the 2009 Honour and Citation award from the American College of Sports Medicine
- AIS announces winning partnership with 2XU
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Brenton Rickard (Swimming) and Emma Moffatt (Triathlon)
2010
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Olympic Winter Games Vancouver - 22 current and former AIS athletes won 1 gold, and 1 silver medal
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Paralympic Winter Games Vancouver - 9 current AIS athletes won 1 silver and 3 bronze medals
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Commonwealth Games New Delhi - 158 current and former (including Paralympic scholarship holders) competed in 12 sports and won 88 medals; 41 gold, 23 silver and 24 bronze. Australia won a total of 177 medals.
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AIS Athlete of the Year - Lydia Lassila (Winter Sports)
2011
- European Training Centre opened
- AIS Athlete of the Year - Anna Meares (Cycling)
