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AIS Gymnastics

Gymnastics has been called the toughest sport in the world. It requires strength, flexibility, coordination, aggression, flair, and many other skills.

Despite the necessity for athletes to demonstrate huge dedication and mental toughness to succeed at gymnastics, gymnasts receive constant encouragement and nurturing through the support of a close and friendly national and international community.

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Gymnastics program offers Australian gymnasts the chance to train to be the world’s best in a warm and caring environment.

About the program

Gymnastics was one of the AIS’s original eight founding sports, established with the Institute in 1981. The AIS program is based in Canberra and offers residential male and female athletes access to a world-class training hall with permanent apparatus and state-of-the-art technique monitoring, via video recording.

The AIS program is built around a holistic philosophy that tailors coaching and training to support each gymnast's individual physical, educational, social and ethical growth.

AIS Gymnastics works closely with Gymnastics Australia to encourage a more professional national approach to the sport, both inside and outside of the gymnastics community.

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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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