Athlete career and education

ACE Athlete Heath Francis
Paralympic Gold Medallist Heath Francis

Integrating education, career and a personal life with a high performance sporting career is a challenge. This is where the Athlete Career and Education (ACE) program can help. The ACE program assists elite athletes to achieve sport and life goals through integrating learning, work and sports performance.

Some research suggests that athletes with an integrated lifestyle are more likely to achieve their sporting goals, cope better with stress and injury, and have more confidence in what the future will hold after sport.

Since the program first started in 1994, it has assisted around 20 000 elite athletes across Australia to prepare for life after sport.
 
More than 3000 elite athletes are eligible to access ACE each year, taking advantage of the national network and highly qualified staff located in each state and territory.

Learn more about the ACE program and contact us to see if you are eligible for services.

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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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