Indigenous Sport

Introduction

The Australian Sports Commission's Indigenous Sport Program (ISP) aims to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in sport and recreation with a specific community development focus. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations offers the Sporting Chance Program, which focuses on the delivery of projects that use sport and recreation as a vehicle to increase the level of engagement of indigenous students to improve their educational outcomes.
For profiles on indigenous athletes visit the athlete profiles topics page or look under the relevant sport i.e. Cathy Freeman profile will be under Athletics Australia.

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

Quick numbers

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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